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    "id": 812603,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a secret agreement and one of the paragraphs reads:- “One should not post negative articles, writings, videos or photos on social media, Facebook, YouTube and et cetera that involve SGR operation.” The only reason this secret agreement is being done is because photographs have appeared in the newspapers showing workers lying down. This matter is not even a scandal; it is a matter of national concern. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the question of wildlife dying along the railway line, I am aware that one of the coaches travels with these Chinese. More importantly, work permits for foreigners are supposed to be given for work which no Kenyan can do. Therefore, when a Chinese who cannot even speak English is manning a gate and Kenyans are looking for jobs, what are you talking about? Sen. Sakaja and his team should get to the bottom of this matter quickly. Lastly, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, can we afford a million shillings a day? What are you saying? This is going to become like the Port of Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka; we are going to sell our national treasures to these people. Our debt to the Chinese now stands at 66 per cent of all our debts, and it is growing. If we do not wake up and smell the coffee, Senators, this is going to be something huge. Thank you, Sen. Sakaja, for bringing this up. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Chinese have given me problems. For example, Sen. Seneta was telling us about Emali Primary School, where they split the school into two and the railway line is in the middle. The school has been destroyed and they have refused to repair it. When they go to Makueni and we complain, they go and bribe the teachers with Kshs200,000 or Kshs300,000; we have a crisis! There were floods in Sultan Hamud recently because of the SGR. That was the first time we experienced floods there because they blocked all culverts in order to raise the railway. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let us get to the bottom of this matter or history is going to judge us so harshly when we begin paying these debts and selling our country to the Chinese by giving them the Port of Mombasa, the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and a part of Kenya. I call it the road to Shanghai. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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