{"id":661438,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/661438/?format=json","text_counter":327,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Mulu","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1955,"legal_name":"Benson Makali Mulu","slug":"benson-makali-mulu"},"content":"When you combine all these factors, even though the KPA has demonstrated that they are able to repay this loan, I do not think it is the right time for the Government to guarantee the KPA. I think what we need to do as a House is to ask the KPA and more so the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure to answer some of the questions I have raised - which are the implication of the new Lamu Port, the SGR, Kenya losing competitive advantage where Uganda and Rwanda are going through Dar-es-Saalam and the issue on public debt. If we get those questions answered adequately as a House, then we will be ready to say: “Let us support this borrowing.” In terms of timeliness, this is not the right time to get that money as a debt to this country."}