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    "id": 449179,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/449179/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gichigi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1909,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kamunye Gichigi",
        "slug": "samuel-kamunye-gichigi"
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Speaker, I also rise to support this particular Motion. Having had a look at the balance of payment and problems that we have in this country, one of the major contributors is petroleum, especially the diesel that our trucks are using to ferry goods from the Port of Mombasa, upcountry, and to the neighboring countries. Others have spoken on the wear and tear on our roads that we have to keep on repairing. The other thing is the accidents that keep on happening because of the presence of many trucks on the roads. Indeed, if we implement that project and do it expeditiously, there is no doubt that we are going to save this country a lot from our foreign exchange. We are also going to save the country a lot of costs on repairs and from the accidents. There has been a bit of controversy at the initiation of that particular project. We will be asking the implementers to make sure that we get value for money. There is always the risk that, if the contractor is sourcing for materials in China, we might have challenges auditing the implementation and use of our money. So, it is important that, that be dealt with. Perhaps, it is also a high time that the Finance Committee expedited the review of the procurement law that we have in the country. The challenges that we are facing under the current regime of the procurement law can be a thing of the past. As we speak, there are very many lines of the old railway that are in disuse. There is one that has passed through Nyandarua County - which is my county - to Laikipia and Nyahururu. To be honest, there is a railway line there. But it is not being used. I would like to suggest that, as we implement the new railway line, let us also revive the old railway lines so that crops produced in the area that I represent can also be ferried to the market using them. That is because it is always cheaper to transport crops to the market using that mode of transport. Hon. Speaker, it is also important that the implementers of that project try to assess early enough how we can create more jobs using the project---"
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