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    "id": 466693,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Langat",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Kipkirui Langat",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, in terms of the Excise Act, the Bill seeks to introduce the Railway Development Levy Fund. I will insist that we levy 1.5 per cent on all the imports that come to the country; for the purposes of building a new railway line. I know many hon. Members might see issues in terms of cost, but when you look at what it is going to do, I believe those of us who come from Mombasa, all the way to Kampala, know that we deserve a standard railway line in this country. I think it is time we took the difficult decision so that we have a railway that is functioning in this country. I think it is only in Kenya or in Africa where systems have not been extended. Somebody said that it has never been extended even by an inch since the colonialists left. In fact, it has actually reduced because some of the railways which were working are no longer working. So, that is one of the areas in terms of infrastructure development which I know, although it is painful, in the output in the future, we are going to have very good investment for this country. Hon. Speaker, I would like to urge that once this railway fund is created, I would like to encourage the House to legislate on it so that jointly we can monitor the progress of this railway in order to get money. I believe that the new regime will go out of its way 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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