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    "id": 661473,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/661473/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mbui",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to give my comments on this Motion where the Government is proposing to give guarantee on borrowing for the construction of the Second Container Terminal Phase II within the Port of Mombasa. I understand that every Government has to ensure that it has excellent infrastructure to grow the economy. I understand the benefits of a new terminal because it will be managing more cargo. We have to be careful on the amount of borrowing or guaranteeing that this Government is giving on infrastructural development projects. I want to mention what has happened in the recent past. We are coming up with the LAPSSET and the SGR projects. These projects were based on the understanding that our integration process agenda would be enhanced by that infrastructural development. The Government borrowed heavily to facilitate the projects. Unfortunately, on LAPSSET, Rwanda has pulled out. On the SGR project, Uganda has also pulled out. It looks like we will be borrowing to expand this port project on the understanding that we will have more traffic on the SGR and maybe that does not happen. We have to be careful on the amount we borrow as a nation. Because of that, I would hesitate to give my support to this borrowing."
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