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    "id": 1123351,
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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
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    "content": "happening in this House. We have forgotten completely Article 54 of our Constitution that we also need to have persons with disability included in some of these appointments because they also do business. We have a very important Authority like this one that deals with competition. There is a lot of unfair competition against persons with disabilities because some of these persons with disability with business are deaf and they cannot really compete favourably with the rest. This is a very important Authority that should have had persons with disability. When some of us are taking our merchandise to the market, it will be very difficult because we cannot carry it. We have to employ so many people along the chain. So, the competition ground is not very favourable for the persons with disability. This Competition Authority of Kenya could have been very important and instrumental, if it had a person with disability because according to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability, there is nothing about us without us. Business is also about us as persons with disability and so we needed to be there. I support hoping in future the House will show the Executive that Article 54 of our Constitution exists and that when a list is brought and persons with disability are not there, we shoot it down just as a signal to the Executive that persons with disability exist and there is an article that protects their inclusion in the socio-economic development of our country, especially in appointive and nominative positions. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I know most of the nominees in person. Ms. Lena Munuve is a very good lady who is very competitive. Even David Wanyonyi Wanyama is a very good person. I am sure he is very competitive to take up this position. Mr. Abdi Mohamed is a contractor. I am not sure of his capacity. I am sure even during the vetting, because I had to go through the vetting notes, he did not perform as well as the rest, but he comes from the constituency of Hon. (Maj.) Bashir. Hon. (Maj.) Bashir having supported him, I am very sure that he will guide him and give him enough tutorials so that he can also catch up with the rest. The Competition Authority of Kenya will be up to speed and will do what we intend them to do. Hon. Duale was trying to say that their work deals with business competition. Sometimes when we have monopolistic companies – I cannot mention names – prices go up. Sometimes when they monopolise the market they see as if it is their right and they can set their prices at a very high cost to the detriment of the common citizen. Look at Kenya Power at the moment. I am sure if we bring competition in Kenya Power and given that there are other private players producing hydroelectric power, solar power or whatever power they can produce, you will see our electricity bills going down. I have in mind when Safaricom was the only one in the field, it was charging almost Ksh76 per minute. I bought a SIM card from Safaricom at Ksh2,500. However, when it was opened up for competition, you can see now that we can even be given a SIM card free of charge and the airtime now for calling is Ksh1 per minute. I remember when there was no legal framework on the importation of boda boda, we used to buy a motorcycle at Ksh1 million but nowadays because of that competition being opened so that we can import motorcycles, there is now an industry called boda boda employing millions of youth. I am sure that can apply even to Kenya Airways. We have created laws to monopolise the market. We are forcing public servants employed by the Government to travel using Kenya Airways in and outside our borders yet they still make losses. We have some small airlines that are not having a customer base like KQ which has a customer base of government officials. They actually get their customers like matatus but they still make profits. Examples are Fly540, Silverstone and the rest. When this Competition Authority of Kenya comes into place, it shall actually open up. If government officers want to travel with KQ well and good but if they want to 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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