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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ekomwa",
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        "legal_name": "James Lomenen Ekomwa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Before I support this Motion, I want to thank leaders from West Pokot, Samburu, Baringo and Turkana for making history in the last one month. We had very good peace rallies. For three weeks now, we have not lost any life. We have not lost any livestock in West Pokot, Turkana and Baringo. So, I want to thank my colleagues. We have ceased fire. The challenge is remaining with the Government to come up with its resolutions. I stand to support this Motion because as Christians wait for the day when Jesus will come, Kenyans are also waiting for the day when they will have means of transport that is affordable even by a poor woman in the village. This is one of the means we have been waiting for. If you count the vehicles on the roads in this nation, you will realize that they are very few. It is the same thing with aeroplanes. We have travelled, Hon. Speaker. I know you also have travelled. You realize that in many countries people prefer to use trains because they are comfortable. This is what Kenyans are waiting for. I want to thank His Excellency the President for committing himself towards this. He goes down in history as having commissioned the first Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Kenya. This one will be the first one in this country. The existing one has broken down. I support this Report because I know that Kenyans will afford this means of transport. This is not enough. When I went to Germany one time for a trip, I realized that Germany is getting a lot of revenue from such means of transport. If Kenya can adopt this, we will collect a lot of revenue from this means of transport. I realize that here in Kenya, citizens are not committed in paying revenue. We lose much of our revenue because people are not committed. If we can have this SGR, I am very sure that the Government will have a means of collecting adequate and maximum revenue that will spearhead the development of Kenya. So, it is not just a means of transport, but also a means that will boost Kenya in terms of revenue collection. Hon. Speaker, we are also tired of the issue that the Women Representative from the other side said. When we go to book flights, we waste time and it is very expensive. In Kenya, the people who can afford airfares are only the Members of Parliament and the rich. The poor in the villages will die without having afforded airfare yet they are also Kenyans. We are supposed to reach a time when a Member of Parliament, the President, the Speaker and the voter in the village will use the same means of transport to enjoy power. Kenyans will want power to come down from heaven so that they can feel that they voted and it is part of them. Power should not be too high for them. So, when we travel by air all the time and in good vehicles all the time, they do not feel the power. This power that they have given to us is part of them. They are the ones who own this power."
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