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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "March 18, 2014 SENATE DEBATES 26 Sen. Elachi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the issue of the railway, first, it was given to an individual. We want to sensitise our people on the importance of a reliable railway transport and move on. However, our focus has been taken away by the amount of money and corruption involved in this project. Corruption is not only on the Jubilee side, but it is across the political divide. It is all over. The Senate must fight it, once and for all. We should not use the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC), the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) and the railway to earn money in a manner that is not acceptable. Right now, Committees are sitting at the National Assembly. I will not be surprised to learn that money has already exchanged hands. It is a pity with these allegations, tenders are cancelled and we end up starting the tendering process afresh. Sometimes projects are abandoned. We need to pursue these projects to the end if we, as a nation, want to achieve our vision. The recommendations that the Committee has suggested are very good. If we implement them, then we will not be talking about money exchanging hands. The KPA will be moving in the right direction. The report does not tell us whether there is a line five of the railway that will be coming from Mombasa to Nairobi. How much will it cost? This might cost a lot of billions of shillings. Here we are told there is one rail line which will cost Kshs6 billion. I have keenly looked at the reports by the National Assembly, but there is no mention of Kshs6 billion. I have seen a total of Kshs327 billion that will do the whole railway. I get confused very much. I am wondering whether the documents which have been tabled in public are correct or not. Are there others which are not in the public domain? We have every right to access public reports."
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