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    "speaker_name": "Sen (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I mentioned that due to long delays, the Rwandan Government decided to do a thorough research as to what causes the delay. Therefore, they assigned an officer to sit in the lorry. They counted the number of roadblocks which then were behaving like toll stations because one would delay for a long time. I am told that the behaviour has been reduced to the extent that goods can move by road from Mombasa to their destination in a fairly shorter time. I am aware that there is this new initiative to build a railway all the way from Mombasa to Kigali. That will definitely make trade faster and reliable. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, he also talked about regional integration and security that has to be looked at by the people of East Africa. This comes in handy when our country is going through tough times where we need to make sure that the security of our people is fully guaranteed. He also talked about this region creating regional security and partnership in order to fight against the three enemies he cited including terrorism, cross- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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