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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Munyes",
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        "legal_name": "John Kiyonga Munyes",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, unless the Chairman can confirm today that the ECTS is fully operational by this morning, then I will agree with what he is saying. What I know is that this system is being operated in a very selective manner. I want to give an example. Trucks ferrying petroleum products are not allowed to access that border through Turkana. The customs officers recommend the Malaba-Busia border. This has really affected revenue and development in Turkana. I want to justify this by the number of trucks. Five years ago, there were 13,000 trucks annually passing through our border. They have now dropped to 3,000 because we cannot track petroleum products. Somebody in Eldoret is diverting those products through Malaba and Busia. Turkana is a shorter border to Sudan by 500 kilometres. To go through Malaba, you have to go through two borders to access South Sudan. Why are we giving due advantage to Uganda and not accessing the border that is directly affecting our people?"
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