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    "id": 393850,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Musila",
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        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to say in principle that I do not object to this Motion, but I have a lot of issues with the Motion as it is framed and as it has been prosecuted. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first and foremost, I believe that what the Motion is seeking to achieve is simply a policy framework. This is because it is not the Government business to put up this kind of infrastructure. Even where examples have been given, it is not the Government that develops cable cars, but the private sector. I believe that if it is a Motion simply to call for the policy framework to be established by the national Government, it is okay. But where we go beyond that, and we want the Government to be involved in the development of cable cars, I think we would be going out of our way. I have good reasons for saying so. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, it has been suggested that cable cars can ease traffic in the city. I do not think so because cable cars would specifically be for tourist attractions. Like the example of Table Mountains in South Africa which has been given here; where you are moving people from one area to another purely for pleasure. We cannot attempt to believe that cable cars would in any way reduce or improve transportation in a city. What I would have expected to hear is how this city can develop mass transport in the city like tram transport. Just walk around the city in the evening and you will be amazed to see the number of people standing at bus stops waiting for transportation to their homes. They wait there until 8.00 p.m. before they get transport. So, in my view, what we should advocate for is the establishment of mass transport, including trams, in all our cities. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it has also been suggested that, for example, in the case of Likoni Ferry, cable cars would be used. Cable cars cannot carry trucks which cross that channel. So, we cannot substitute ferries with cable cars. What I would have liked to hear is that the national Government should be urged to build a bridge which would cross that channel instead of using the archaic methods of moving millions of people who cross that channel in cable cars. They can never be moved by cable cars. They can only be moved over the bridge, but not otherwise. I am saying these things because I think we have got it wrong."
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