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    "id": 382442,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/382442/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Karaba",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 232,
        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to this wonderful Motion. It is wonderful in the sense that the Mover of the Motion articulated it very well why some areas are said to have well developed infrastructure. That is as a result of other opportunity costs which were seen by the then settlers. That was the reason the railway from Mombasa to Kisumu was constructed from 1894 up to 1901, when it got to Kisumu. After that, other branches were also constructed, including the one from Nairobi to Nanyuki. Other feeder roads were also constructed to various places like Nyeri and so on. Consequently, the produce of such areas like coffee, tea, cotton, sugarcane and also cattle, were easily transported to the market. According to the whiteman’s dream, the railway which was constructed by the whites had to be paid for. That was the initial reason that the great railway was constructed. Today, apparently, that is a dream. Even the children who are born now will not claim to have seen a train; something that was seen by people who were there before Independence. This is very sad because it has been abandoned by our good Government, yet it is a very important infrastructure which should have been salvaged. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is also notable that in some of the areas covered by this Motion, it is impossible sometimes even to have good education. We have had cases of cheating in examinations in some areas, where it is very hard for the police or even invigilators to get to the examination centres, just because there are no roads. By the time they get to the examination centres, a lot of things would have happened under that roof. That is why you will find that most of the results are cancelled in areas which are under question. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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