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    "id": 91532,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Wekesa",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Forestry and Wildlife",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 209,
        "legal_name": "Noah Mahalang'ang'a Wekesa",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to use this opportunity to congratulate my colleague. I know that for many years, he has not been playing golf because he has been concentrating on his Ministry. I would like him to continue in the same way and clean up some of the issues in this Ministry. One of the major issues in this Ministry is that of railways versus roads. I want to join my colleagues who have talked about the same issue. The road from Eldoret to Kitale is no longer used by heavy traffic because it has broken up. That is because the railway that used to carry maize, wheat and milk from that area is no longer in use. We want, as you plan to address the issue of transportation, to look at the possibility of Kitale having a proper railway service. As far as the airport is concerned, I want to join my colleagues from the North Rift. I would like to request you to look at the Lodwar and Lokichoggio airstrips and make sure that they are modernized. There is heavy traffic in those areas. The distances between Kitale, Lodwar Lokichoggio are long and, therefore, we need a proper air service in those areas. The Minister has a problem in dealing with the properties of the Kenya Railways. The Kenya Railways Corporation land has been grabbed by land grabbers. That is land which used to belong to the Kenya Railways Corporation. I urge my colleague to look into that and make sure that Government land belonging to airports or railways is not misused. The issue of motorcycles or boda bodas has come up. That is something that is providing employment to our youths. But, unfortunately, many of our youths are dying. Many of them are being injured by those motorcycles, including their passengers."
}