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    "id": 146927,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 192,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
        "slug": "joseph-nkaissery"
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister did a wonderful job, first of all, by removing all the wastage in the Government. He has addressed issues of telephone, hospitality, furniture and vehicles. If you heard him speak on that particular day, he said that he consulted the President and the Prime Minister, and they agreed that each Minister should have only one official car of engine capacity not exceeding 1,800 cubic centimeters. However, two days later, we heard some Cabinet Ministers coming out to oppose this very important policy. I would like to request the President and the Prime Minister to follow up the request by the Minister and make sure that this policy is implemented. Any Minister who contravenes Government policy should be fired. Even those official vehicle should be withdrawn. What I want to recommend or request the Minister to do is with regard to the issue of vehicles. We have heard what my friend, Mr. Jirongo, said. He is a businessman. All businessmen think that the prices of these vehicles are going to be lowered. These are very new vehicles, and I recommend that they should be taken to the constituencies to help in the management of projects, now that the Government has allocated enough funds. Mercedes Benz vehicles can be sold but the Four-Wheel-Drive vehicles can be taken to the constituencies to enable the Government monitor constituency projects. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to commend the Minster for allocating resources for the Port of Mombasa and the railway line. As Mr. Jirongo said, we need to open up our country by opening our ports and borders. The amount of tourism and trade that this country will be getting through Southern Ethiopia is of paramount importance. If we open the Port of Lamu and the railway line all the way to Moyale, this country will benefit a great deal. The Minister also took care of rural electrification. You cannot develop a country without energy but we want to do away with corruption at the very top level. We want all the money meant for rural electrification to be channeled, like all other funds that have been devolved, through the constituencies. That way, we can get this country moving."
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