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    "id": 953338,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/953338/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": " Even as we consider the Statement by Hon. Nassir, it is important that we be alive to the fact that it is this House that appropriated very huge resources towards the construction of the SGR line. Besides that, it is this House that is appropriating money to repay the loan. We must also be alive to the fact that all the resources needed to repay the loan from China’s Exim Bank must be generated from the SGR. It is okay to argue for the transporters. However, we must also consider the flipside of it in terms of the damage to our road network by transporters. We must have a balance of the two. The question is whether people are being forced to use the SGR and not the roads. I want to support what Hon. Junet has said. It is important for the leadership in the coastal region to come out clearly and declare their interest in this matter. I would understand when somebody from Meru, where there is no SGR, speaks about it. At least, there is the SGR in Kikuyu. It passes through Kikuyu on its way from Nairobi to Naivasha. We are beneficiaries of the SGR in terms of how much it has transformed Nachu Ward in Kikuyu Constituency. How much more transformation are we looking for as we construct a linkage between the main road and the SGR station? The leadership in Mombasa must declare their interest. Those who are benefitting from the SGR, only three years ago, were in the frontline fighting the SGR. Today, they are in the frontline supporting the SGR because they are supporting what they know. I am not looking at Hon. Nassir. I know he wants to be the Governor of Mombasa. There are others in Mombasa. I do not want to name them because they cannot defend themselves here. It is probably those whom Hon. Nassir seeks to succeed as Governor in Mombasa. They must also declare their interest and be honest to the people of Mombasa. You cannot feed on the blood of your own people and expect to get away with it. As leaders, we must be honest as we speak or purport to speak on behalf of our people. We must always be very honest with our people. Hon. Nassir, you must be bold enough to tell your Governor that he must be sincere and open to the people of Mombasa. If there is anybody killing the economy in Mombasa, it is your own Governor; it is not the Government of Kenya. We must be honest. We cannot continue pretending to be speaking on behalf of the people while we suck the blood of those same people. Let us be honest as leaders."
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