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    "id": 994413,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mvita, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Abdullswamad Nassir",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2433,
        "legal_name": "Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 44(2) (c), I wish to make a Statement regarding a Government directive compelling all operators to ferry cargo for local market by rail through the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to the newly established Naivasha Inland Container Depot (NICD), for your guidance and the best approach to handle the matter. Hon. Speaker, last year, all Government agencies, departments and all other operators were directed to transport all their cargo from the port of Mombasa through the SGR. This is a matter which I raised in this House and you gave directions that it be investigated by the relevant committee and they give a report. The findings were that the said directive published on 6th August 2019 was suspended, a position that has also been confirmed by the Ministry as a matter of national interest. On 26th May 2020, the Government, through the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) notified all cargo operators at the port of Mombasa who include partner states of Uganda and Rwanda. The KRA has commenced movement of transit cargo from the port of Mombasa to the newly established NICD as from 1st June 2020. The reasons given are that there is need to decongest the port of Mombasa, improve efficiency of the facility and further, to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. This means the owners of cargo; private and public, as well as clearing agents will clear and collect their cargo at the NICD as cargo has already been transferred to this facility. Hon. Speaker, arising from the above notice, a number of issues have arisen from the implementation of this new directive where cargo is to be cleared and collected at the said facility. Among them is lack of giving operators an option of transiting to the new process and equally choosing a mode of transportation of their choice, unclear cost of railing cargo by the SGR and The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}