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    "id": 449190,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Otichilo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I rise to support this Motion, despite all that has been said about SGR. That SGR, when it is completed, is going to transform this country. Those who are saying that SGR is expensive should ask themselves what happened to the Rift Valley Railways. We have lost more money and got nothing. So, I would rather have this railway constructed and we get something rather than lose everything. When the SGR is constructed, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. First, the transport costs are going to come down. Second, the destruction of our roads using trailers is going to come down. We are now spending a lot of money to reconstruct our roads after we have constructed them. The railway is going to change that. Hon. Speaker, as an environmentalist, I believe that with the SGR in place, carbon dioxide emissions are going to be limited. That is because there will be less vehicles on our roads transporting goods. I believe that the railway is going to spur industrialization in this country. The cost of transporting goods is very high in this country and the railway is going to reduce it. The congestion at the Port of Mombasa is currently a major problem. The SGR is going to reduce it. Again, it is going to create jobs unlike what others are saying; that it is not going to create jobs. I do not believe that all the Chinese The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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