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    "id": 1625862,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "content": "the rail. There is a schedule that he has given here. Apparently, the Government prefers spending a total of Kshs9.5 billion to do 13 kilometres of railway from Ngong to Riruta, as opposed to dualling Bomas to Kiserian, which is a total distance of almost 24 kilometres and at a cost of Kshs10.9 billion. The hon. Cabinet Secretary should explain to me as if I was a child. Honestly, if we wanted to decongest Nairobi, open up the city and reduce the pressure on land, we know we have more land in Kiserian than we have here in Nairobi. What is the rationale of spending Kshs9.5 billion to do 13 kilometres of railway and yet Kshs10.9 billion can be used to do 24 kilometres of a dual carriageway from Bomas to Kiserian? Madam Temporary Speaker, if he can answer those two questions and also touch on accusations and allegations that some powerful people along that route of the railway have somehow secured concessions from his Ministry to divert the original plan in order to avoid their properties. However, those who are not powerful enough, are not being heard at all by the Ministry."
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