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    "id": 583636,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": ", the movement that determined who would go to Parliament and who would be elected as a councilor. That is why the President of the Republic of Kenya at that time, made sure that all attention was given to the movement. She can recall the first time she came to Nairobi, during her leadership in the 1970s and 1980s. If she flashes back, this is not the Nairobi that she knew. It is the wrong place. This is because the amount of development and economic activities that have been done by our people is unimaginable. You cannot describe it. If you want to know how Kenyans develop, look at the number plates of the cars on the road daily. If you look at the vehicles going to Tanzania and other countries, the number plate of Kenyans --- Remember we had to change the series of numbering in order to elongate it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when I was Permanent Secretary (PS) in the then Ministry of Industrialization, I once decided to camp in Mombasa to know how many vehicles – both second hand and new – are imported into Kenya. You will be surprised that it is a staggering 100,000 every year from Japan, the Middle East and a few from Europe. This excludes the ones that now emerge from Tanzania and Uganda. That tells you that our economy has grown to the level where everybody wants to own a car. At one time, the former Grand Coalition Government, led by President Kibaki, sent a team led by the former Prime Minister, Hon. Raila Odinga, to go to Singapore and other countries for benchmarking. The purpose was to see how the road network had 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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