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    "id": 661481,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/661481/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
        "slug": "ababu-namwamba"
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    "content": "Let us see through these mega projects, namely, the Second Container Terminal Phase II and the SGR. All these are important projects. They have mega positive effect on the growth of our economy. However, let us also think about future generations and the depressing effect that a big or huge debt burden has on the economic stability of our country. Otherwise, I hope that as soon as this deal is secured, this project will take off and it will run to conclusion. I hope that it will not be stopped by headwinds like we experienced with important projects like the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) Greenfield Project. It was a key infrastructural development project. I recall that we spent a lot of time going over it in the 10th Parliament. It is a project which definitely was going to improve Kenya’s standing in terms of the quality of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. However, for some reasons that I must say the Government has struggled to explain properly, the Greenfield Project was suspended. The suspension of the Greenfield project has serious economic implications for us because at the end of the day, we will pay a considerable sum of money in respect of that project though the project shall never come to be. So, the fate of the Greenfield Project should not befall this particular project. I want to hope that as soon as this deal is secured, we will see some very concrete steps in the direction of having the Second Container Terminal Phase II up and running to full conclusion."
}