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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Alego-Usonga, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Onunga Atandi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. From the word go, I commend my brother, Hon. Elisha Odhiambo of Gem, for coming up with this legislation. I have gone through this Bill, which is timely, and it is speaking to the heart of Kenyans. Before you begin to set up a telecommunication business, it needs to be mandatory that you must set up the infrastructure so that the services you want to offer meet the expectations of the people of Kenya. Unlike what most of my colleagues have alluded to, the kind of services that we receive from this sector are wanting, and are not commensurate with the costs that are attached to them. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you and I know very well because we are both well- travelled, that despite my colleagues saying that the costs of telecommunication services in Kenya have come down drastically, they are not commensurate with the services that we get. The Bill proposes, first of all, to split the services so that if you are engaged in telecommunication business, you do not engage in banking business. I am a former banker, and if you look at the regulations of the products that are outlined in the Banking Act vis-a-vis similar services that are offered by these telecommunication companies, they are worlds apart. In terms of 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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