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    "id": 930636,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/930636/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rabai, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. William Mwamkale",
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        "legal_name": "William Kamoti Mwamkale",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support Hon. Nassir for this statement. Indeed, as my colleagues have averred, this is a very retrogressive directive. This is a country governed by democracy and liberalisation of the economy is a tenet of democracy. Whoever gave this directive should come out clearly and tell Kenyans why he wants to take this country back to where we were before democracy set in. As a result of such directives, many towns, not only in the Coast region, but along the Mombasa- Nairobi Highway, have come up as a result of the transport business that is flourishing along the road. Many people have invested in buying land along the road. They have put up SFSs and godowns in Mombasa. If all cargo destined for upcountry and hinterland must be transported through the SGR, this means that those godowns are going to close down. Also, transporters will have no business. As a result, many workers will be laid off. We are grappling with the unemployment problem. The transporters have employed, based on the figures given by my colleague, over 7,000 people. If these people are to be laid off, if SFSs are to close down, some regions are going to be economically grounded. This is not only in Mombasa or the Coast region, but these companies are all over. This country is governed by democracy. Our economy should be liberalised and such a directive should be termed as unconstitutional and should have no place in Kenya."
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