{"id":350636,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/350636/?format=json","text_counter":48,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. S.S. Ahmed","speaker_title":"The Member for Kisumu East","speaker":{"id":140,"legal_name":"Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed","slug":"shakeel-shabbir"},"content":"I would like to caution the Government that the Lamu Port and South Sudan Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET) Programme is a white elephant in the making. We do not have to go far to see that other countries have tried this. I know that Iran and Pakistan tried such a programme which cost billions of dollars but they failed. They failed because they had not approached and involved the local population. I must speak about the LAPSSET. I feel that unless the local population of Coast and especially Lamu is involved, we will not go far. Finally, we have sugar projects and factories in Nyanza and I want to laud the Government."}