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"speaker_name": "Mr. Gumo",
"speaker_title": "The Minister for Regional Development Authorities",
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"content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to support this Budget. I think this Budget is one of the best we have had for some time. The Minister considered almost every area that affects wananchi . There is one area that the Minister did not consider much and that is the road between Kitale, through Lokichoggio to Southern Sudan. There is now a lot of development in Southern Sudan. We have a lot of our young people and businessmen working there. They are doing a lot of business in Southern Sudan. As you all know, Southern Sudan is using the Port of Mombasa. That road I am talking about is the only one to Southern Sudan at the moment. The road is finished completely. Today, all the trucks go through Kampala in Uganda to Southern Sudan which is a very long route. They have to go through two borders. In this case, they can only go through one border. On the other side of Southern Sudan, the road is already being done from Juba to Lokichoggio. On our side, we are not doing anything. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, today, doing business in Kenya only is not enough. We complain all the time about our population. Unless we open up this road to our neighbouring country, we will not be doing any service to our country. We need to open up the road to this country. On the other side, Uganda is now tarmacking the portion that had remained to the border. Here, nobody bothers and yet this is business. You know, today it is business. It is not just about saying that you want to make the road to your home."
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