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    "id": 930653,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mumias East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Benjamin Washiali",
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support Hon. Sheriff for bringing this Adjournment Motion. Section 95(5)(b) of the Constitution mandates this House to provide oversight on State organs. The reason we supported the introduction of the SGR was to improve the economy, provide employment, add value and protect our roads. Protection of our roads involves controlling overweight containers because of the destruction the trucks cause on our tarmac roads. It is important for us to create a means of transport that would safeguard our tarmac roads because the Government spends quite a bit of money putting up these roads. The question we should quickly be asking the Cabinet Secretary is whether the reasons that made us develop the SGR as a Government have been achieved. As you can see from his move, we are going to destroy a source of employment. As Members, I do not think we should stand and watch this happen. As he comes on Thursday, through your order, I wish he comes with the statistics on how the loan which was used to construct the SGR has been repaid. I want to believe that before the SGR was constructed, a feasibility study was done showing how the repayment would be made. Therefore, as he comes on Thursday, he should come with evidence on how much has been repaid. Nobody has told us how much has been repaid and where the money has come from. What I hear is that the passenger trains are full every time. If you went to the Inland Container Depot, it is clogged because there are too many containers. If he has given an order that all containers come through the SGR, where will they be handled from? Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Cabinet Secretary must show us the value addition of the SGR. He must allow other players in the field to remain and continue with what they were doing. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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