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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okiya Omtatah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I am well guided. By dualling these roads, we will be investing in efficiency to be able to compete with the natural terrain that Tanzania has. We have the road that goes through Namanga. If you look at the Kenyan side, the road funded by the same funder as Tanzania, the road is already breaking up and is narrower while the road in Tanzania is wider, smoother and has no potholes. Who cursed us? Why are we having this? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let us invest in this infrastructure, knowing that our country cannot even produce enough food. We provide on the service industry. We must also go back and focus on the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor project. Open up the northern corridor so that we can have another artery of business from Lamu going all the way and opening up those sides of Somalia. So, let us take that statement seriously knowing that with the emergence of strong economies in the East and Central Africa, also manufacturing things that we have been manufacturing in Kenya, our lifeline might remain in us being to transport things affordably and cheaply. We have to crack down the corruption on our roads. We have to eliminate corruption. We have to make sure that the non-tariff barriers transporting through Kenya in security and goods being stolen are taken out. The Government should promote the establishment of proper garages along the corridors so that when trucks break down, they are serviced. In Busia County, for example, there is a big piece of land in Ngelechom traversing the border. It is about 300 acres. The Government should consider putting up a trailer city on that piece of land so that we do not have congestion on our side. Trucks can drive non-stop. Once they get there, all the procurement can be done and simply cross over to Uganda instead of having our roads cluttered with congestion. With those few remarks, I support the statements that I have commented on."
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