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    "id": 1029100,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1029100/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
        "slug": "erick-okongo-mogeni"
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    "content": "You know the case of the South African company Castle Lager that tried to set up shop here but because of unfair business practices by Kenya Breweries, they closed shop and left the country. I have been reading the newspapers about a local company called Keroche and they also point fingers towards unfair practices from Kenya Breweries. It serves the economy if we allow many players to set up shop, and that way, we create more employment opportunities for our people. If we allow one player to be a monopoly in the market, it is the same people in employment who will continue in employment. If we allow many companies to set up shop, it will employ many of our youth. There is no way we will solve the problem of youth unemployment unless as, a country, we get it right. One way of getting it right is allowing many players in the industry. There is a time we were in Australia and I was told that there were more than 500 small beer making companies in a country with a population of about 24 million people. In Kenya, we have a population of about 48 million and for more than 30 years, we have had one company enjoying monopoly. It is the same thing when you talk about the electricity distribution companies. In the United States of America, in a States like Tennessee, the Tennessee Valley Authority is able to supply electricity to the entire State which is much cheaper than what is produced by the national grid. If we do not bring some of these unfair practices to an end, our economy will never grow. We will never create employment. It is not magic but us getting our policies right when we come up with an unfair competition practice body; the Competition Authority of Kenya. They must understand their mandate and help the market to be fair to attract investors from outside and then we can say that the new companies are creating jobs for the youth. Otherwise, we will set up a National Youth Commission in the Constitution but unless we fix the problems that are afflicting us in terms of attracting industries to come up and set up shop, we will never get it right. I hope the Committee that will look into this matter can take it seriously as we try and fix the idea of one company feeling they should not allow any other company to set up shop. It is not in the best interest of this country to say that Kenya Brewery Limited should be the only beer making company. It may serve the business interest of that"
}