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    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Rwanda is a serious economic and trade partner to this country. Not only are there a number of Kenyan firms and businesses, but there are a number of Kenyan individual business people who are successfully running businesses in that country. My interaction with many of the Kenyans in that country and even our Embassy in Kigali, tells me that the people of Kenya who are doing business in Rwanda are happy, comfortable and do not feel as if they are away from their homes. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is important to also appreciate that for many years, the people of Kenya hosted a number of Rwandese citizens who were refugees when their country was in turmoil. Also, my experience and interaction with the Rwandese citizens who were hosted in this country in the late 1980s up to the early 1990s is that the Rwandese people never felt discriminated. So, our relationship is deep-rooted, genuine, natural and cultural. I do not need to overemphasize that these are the kinds of relationships that will take our country and continent far. We have seen the President of the Republic of Kenya and the President of Rwanda, in the last one or two years, move towards accelerating linking the two countries, especially in the area of infrastructure and communication. One of the reasons trade within African States has not picked up is because of poor communication and transport systems in our continent. The economists say that lack of adequate infrastructure is a huge barrier to trade. The reason we are doing very well in our trade with Uganda is because there is a road between Mombasa and Uganda. There is also a railway, although it is an old one, to some extent. If we want our trade with Rwanda to 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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