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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bowen",
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        "legal_name": "David Kangongo Bowen",
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    "content": "the state of the roads is degraded and the maintenance cost by the Government is high because of overloading by those who are in the transport sector. With the approval of the ratification and having the railway line in place, we will reduce the number of accidents that are caused by trucks, some which travel at night while others are overloaded. It is time this Protocol is approved by this House. The SGR will also be extended to Uganda and Rwanda. The Port of Mombasa is very important for the country’s integration to the Great Lakes Region. It will go hand in hand in improving trade in this region. In doing this, we should also be aware of the many allegations of corruption, which my colleagues have been talking about a few minutes ago. Policemen and truck drivers have been accused of perpetuating corruption on our roads. With the SGR, we will reduce the menace of corruption amongst policemen and truck drivers. As we talk about fighting corruption, we should be very serious. I would like to say that I doubt the integrity of the House. Even in the list of shame that was presented before this House, there are cases of corruption and cases of integrity. For instance, the case of my friend, Hon. Alfred Keter, together with the Anglo- Leasing scandal surely raises a lot of eyebrows and questions. This raises a lot of integrity issues on the House. We were told that some people were to be prosecuted, whether they are guilty or not. The 60 days period is almost over. We want the 175 cases to be brought before this House one by one and we are shown how they have been cleared. We do not want to see blame games between the EACC and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). I do not have any doubt with the Office of the DPP. He should not be intimidated when he is discharging his duties. Those are two different offices. The DPP should be given time to investigate and the EACC should do its work. Hon. Speaker, I want to support the ratification of this Protocol so that we can have the SGR network operationalised within this region. I hope to see it operational in a few years time. This will help this country in terms of creation of employment opportunities. With the new SGR, there will be a lot of employment opportunities in this country and the youth will benefit in terms of employment and trade. With those very many remarks, I beg to support the Motion."
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