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    "id": 930629,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/930629/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir West, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ahmed Kolosh",
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Kolosh Mohamed",
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    "content": "people want. What is coming out now is that very soon, Members of Parliament will be asked to use “X” or whatever commuter systems to come to Parliament. They will be told: “Do not go to restaurant A, go to restaurant B” because of businesses, maybe, belonging to influential people. We must say the truth. Kenya over-borrowed to construct the SGR, which cost four times the cost the Ethiopian Government used to construct an electronic railway system which is much faster than what we have. Kenyans were not consulted on what means of transport they want to use from the port. It is unfortunate that today, we are discussing restrictions of movement of our goods by the Government and bureaucrats. This House must rise up and say “no” to some of the things that are happening. Why should the transport I use be their business when I import whatever number of containers and I want to sell the goods in Nairobi or Mombasa or to take them out of the country? Do I not have a choice - as long as I pay taxes - on the means of transport that is cheaper and faster for me? Do I not have a choice to transport my goods as I like? This Government is testing the waters and the things in store for the people of Kenya are beyond. I want to thank my colleague from Mvita, but this should have come as a substantive Motion, where we censure the Cabinet Secretary and the Kenya Revenue Authority because KRA has the responsibility of collecting taxes and nothing else; not regulating means of transport. We want this House to go a notch higher to ensure that this kind of monkey business that the Government brings through the backdoor, whether it is in the transport system or any other matter, we must be awake, stop the issue of this and that party and the Handshake and stand up for Kenyans and be ready to be counted. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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