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    "id": 917325,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/917325/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 347,
        "legal_name": "Ochilo George Mbogo Ayacko",
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    "content": "Having said that, I would like to say that on Saturday I had an occasion to fly to Busia County. I overflew Malaba. The state of affairs on the border is wanting, terrible and bad. I saw kilometers of trucks queueing to get to Uganda. When I inquired from the people in the know, I was told that the neighboring countries namely, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi no longer use Malaba border point because the waiting period is not economically or efficiently tenable. They decided to use Dar-es-Salaam Port and the road to their countries. As a nation, we are losing revenue that we ought to have earned. We are losing opportunities. This is an urgent Statement. This is a weighty matter because it is touches on our economy. If we do not address it urgently and effectively, we will lose our strategic position as a preferred entry point to East Africa and neighboring countries. I hope that the Committee to which this Statement will referred will give this matter the requisite attention and we will get adequate response for it. Thank you."
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