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    "id": 1284717,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1284717/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the Privatisation Bill (National Assembly Bill No.22 of 2023). I will start by saying the obvious. The business of Government is not to do business. It is to create an enabling environment so that those who have competent capacity can do business. By its very nature, the Government is passionate and unfriendly to business. It cannot undertake business. That is why we must always privatise, get the Government out of business, and let those whose motive is profit-making undertake business. This country has a long-chequered history of privatisation. We started during President Moi's days. There were success and failed stories. We went through the previous Act. Through it, there are few semblances of privatisation. The one that remains the most successful is Safaricom, Telkom, and the rest. Many of us hold back with nostalgia the days of Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation and Kenya Power and Lighting Company Limited, as we used to call them then. However, we have to accept that the economy has changed, and we have to get out. 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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