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    "id": 993932,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to support Sen. Faki, the Senator of Mombasa County, on the issue of transporters. In any case, even with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, you have noticed and it has been reported widely even in the mainstream media that most of the transporters are suffering. On the matter of the Port of Mombasa, an operation should be put to rest. This has been one of the major problems that have faced the Coast region for the longest time possible. I am aware that there are investigations ongoing in KPA and the issue of clearance in the Port of Mombasa. Madam Temporary Speaker, I think there is a jinx that happens in the operations of the Port. This is because apart from the investigations in the KPA and the issues of transporters collecting their cargo, as a Senator of Kwale County has said, we are even seeing the tussle of the border between Tanzania and Kenya. All these are linked to the Port. We need to resolve these issues, as my brother, Sen. Faki, has raised once and for all, so that we assist our people. These transporters also are people doing business. They also need to have a good and safe environment to work in, even as the Government tries to put measures in the port’s operations and address the issues of transporters, and anybody who benefits directly or indirectly. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I conclude, most of the revenue that has opened Kenya to the East and Central Africa is courtesy of the Port of Mombasa. We need to make sure that the operations of the Port Mombasa are seamless, timely, efficient and transparent not only for transporters, but also the entire sector players operating within the Port Mombasa and other inland ports within the country. This will assist our transporters. I am happy that the substantive Chairperson of the Committee on Roads and Transportation, Sen. Wamatangi, is here with us. Maybe as a rider, I wish to add something to that question. Even as the Chairperson sits here, we need to follow up and help him to solve the issue of testing COVID-19 that we are facing in Namanga at the Kenya-Tanzania border. I have also seen a Statement by Sen. Wetangula on the issue at the Kenya-Uganda border. Unfortunately, he is not here with us. We heard one driver saying that they stayed at the border for seven days waiting for their COVID-19 results. We need to agree on this issue. This is because when Kenyans go to Tanzania, they are being chased away and told to take coronavirus back to their country. When they go to Uganda, they are not able to sleep in lodgings. Kenyans are not being trusted along the borders of those two countries. Therefore, in line with what Sen. Faki has raised, we need to solve this issue, once and for all. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."
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