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    "id": 796785,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/796785/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta",
    "speaker_title": "His Excellency the President",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta",
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    "content": "On the cargo side, I am pleased to state that as promised, the SGR cargo services were up and running on 1st January 2018, with an initial monthly load of 22,345 metric tonnes rising to an impressive 213,559 metric tonnes per month as of the end of April 2018. That is not all. I have already launched the second phase of the SGR project which runs from Nairobi to Naivasha and negotiations are in progress for the financing of the Naivasha-Malaba line. In short, I can report that last year, we completed the most ambitious infrastructure development in Kenya’s history since the old railway was built. It is not the only ambitious work in infrastructure that we undertook last year. Hon. Members will also remember that we opened Terminal 2A at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) some time ago. We would almost certainly have earned less revenue from tourism this year had we not made that investment. You might also recall the expansion of the Last Mile Connectivity, which has brought electricity to 72 per cent of households up from 27 per cent in 2013. I am particularly proud of the success for I know its transformative power and I have seen for myself that on the day a family first switches on a bulb in their homes, their entire lives change. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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