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    "id": 1052406,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gatanga, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Nduati",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Nduati Ngugi",
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    "content": " I thank the Committee for the good Report which they have produced. Looking at the contract agreement between GBHL and KPA, in terms of fairness, I can say it is one-sided. In terms of time, the contract period which was given is very lengthy. The price which has been charged compared to what KPA is getting is nothing. The annual licence fees paid by GBHL is very little money amounting to Kshs500,000. This is very little money for that kind of income which they are earning. If you look at the cargo which they are ferrying, you can see we are making billionaires using our public facilities. This idea of saying that there is only one person who can do a certain job is very unfair. This is a country that has very educated Kenyans who are very creative as we have seen in other sectors. Maybe, we would be having better technology than what is there. Also, this idea of allowing one company to provide a service without competition is unfair. I have looked at the recommendations and they are very good. I have heard Members talk of PPPs. Members, unless we set a secretariat which is well staffed, even these PPPs are very expensive. Most of these projects are designed in Chinese and priced in Chinese and our people are unable to interpret them. That is why we complained when the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) was done. That is why even for the express highway, we do not know how much we will be charged. The price has 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."
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