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    "id": 676241,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support this Petition by Hon. Odanga, Member of Parliament for Matayos Constituency. We know that people are active with economic activities at border points. We are not just looking at the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing alone, but also the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. They should enhance issues of security patrols. We have people who take advantage of the circumstances when heavy trucks queue for clearance and other requirements and reap where they never sowed. The issue of security can be handled if the Departmental Committee ensures a police post is in place to increase the number of patrols in the area. As my colleagues have mentioned, Busia and Malaba border points play very critical roles. They are transit points for goods going to Rwanda, Uganda and other countries. Failing to plan is planning to fail. The Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing should liaise with the Cabinet Secretary (CS) in charge, so that they can decongest the area and have flyovers, so that some go above and others below as we see on Thika Road. That will be very nice for the people of Busia. I have been there. This congestion is causing a lot of delays. It eats into the important man-hours which would have been put into active work. Decongestion must be done with speed. We hope the Committees in charge will move with speed to resolve t his issue once and for all. They do not have to wait for the 60 days."
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