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    "id": 1052392,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1052392/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Laikipia CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Catherine Waruguru",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Catherine Wanjiku Waruguru",
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    "content": " Therefore, to the point. I was saying that the Committee on Finance and National Planning is like a mother. The Committee bakes the cake. A majority of Kenyans have been saying that this Government is broke. They have been saying there is not enough money. Moreover, we are looking and trying to see how best we can raise resources so that we try to improve and make our numbers look better. Let me break it down for ourselves. If today we would still be having monopoly in majority of our sectors, particularly let me talk about the Ministry of Energy where we have the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) today as the only provider, the KPLC has made majority of our people to suffer because they cannot bargain for the best deal. Therefore, in layman's language, this Report is seeking to liberalise the market and ensure that the Kenya Ports Authority extends an olive branch to Kenyans who are interested in trading or doing business in the grain bulk handling. Therefore, any Kenyan who would be interested to help and decongest the Port and has what it takes to do the job, he or she is free to go and do it. You know we lightly say that this country was once a one party state and this has been the story at the Kenya Ports Authority where, any matter to do with grain was being handled by one agency. This does not make sense because we need to make money and even make our country look a little bit attractive than it is. The Kenya Ports Authority is the reception of this country. The attractiveness, their ability to handle stuff, clear products and matters to do with demurrage is what will attract even neighbouring countries, particularly the East African countries, to use the Mombasa Port as opposed to using our neighbour’s port in Dar-es-Salaam. 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."
}