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    "id": 1165368,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1165368/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
        "slug": "johnson-arthur-sakaja"
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    "content": "The Automobile Association (AA) of Kenya has been fighting this thing from 2015. It already has a template. The APP companies have a problem with the commission. Immediately you enter an Uber, 25 per cent goes to the Netherlands, but the drivers who I spoke to today said that they can leave that commission, but agree on a minimum pricing formula. If they set a good rate, you will take a taxi from here to the airport and pay Kshs600 in traffic, yet you know the cost of fuel. But they say that when one company sets a good rate that is good for the customer and for the drivers, the other company now lowers their rate, and it is a race to the bottom. These people are suffering. Madam Temporary Speaker, please, ask the Committee on Delegated Legislation to tell us where these regulations are. They need to be gazetted within the week. These are young people and ‘hustlers’ who are hustling. Sen. Kang’ata, you know. I know of a friend, who is now your competitor, who sent an Uber to Murang’a and it was Kshs1200. What is that? The reason we have so many accidents on the road is that they are driving for 24 hours because they cannot pay their loans. A total of 4,000 of these taxis were being auctioned last year in January. Those who went to take them from the auction were going to put them back to do Uber business. Please, it is a matter of national importance and urgency that CS Macharia and our Committee on Delegated Legislation need to address."
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