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    "id": 449776,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tonui",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ronald Kiprotich Tonui",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Report. I wish my good friend, hon. Alfred Keter, was around to also contribute to this Report because he had a lot of information on this Report. Hon. Deputy Speaker, this Report on the SGR has been discussed in various forums and the SGR will enable us get access to a cheaper mode of transport in transporting various commodities within this country. The other day, someone was saying in Bomet that, that railway may not touch people’s lives in our villages, and that we are keen to have better roads in our villages and not care about SGR. But the issue here is that we do export a lot of tea from Bomet and we require a SGR, which is a cheaper means of transport. It is our wish that we could create branches in various parts of this country so that we can be served better. I do not know why we have never thought of ensuring that we extend the rail system in this country. That is because elsewhere else in the world, they are using the rail means of transportation. The developed countries are using the rail as the best means of transport. When you come to Nairobi where the use of the railway transport is limited, there is a lot of traffic jam and we waste a lot of time to report to work. Every morning, we 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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