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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Okemo",
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        "legal_name": "Chrysanthus Barnabas Okemo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think I was very eager to get on with it, and forgot the procedure. I would like to seek your indulgence. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade on grains discharged at the Port of Mombasa laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday 17th August, 2011. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I had stated earlier that we had several interviews with both the parent Ministry, which is the Ministry of Transport, and also the Management of the KPA. Out of those deliberations, we established that, indeed, facilities as they exist today at the Port of Mombasa are not adequate to accommodate a second bulk handler. So, because of that, the first handlers, who had an agreement with the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) and Grain Bulk Handlers Limited, had a monopoly. We know that it is much better to have competition; we should have two or more people competing. This reduces the cost of doing business, which is beneficial to the consumer. Unfortunately, because of technical problems and restricted facilities, only one handler can be accommodated. That handler was using both Berth 3 and Berth 4, where they have put up discharge facilities which are for grain bulk handling. Those facilities are much more efficient than when KPA, itself, was dealing with the activity. At the moment, they are able to handle about 1,000 metric tonnes of grain per hour. Therefore, they are able to do a fairly quick vessel turnaround; this minimizes demurrage costs and, therefore, leads to lower price for the end product."
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