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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "We are seeing a situation where one particular operator is controlling over 80 per cent of the market. This is one area that we expect the CAK to look into, among many others. It is because competition leads to better quality, better prices and many other things that consumers enjoy. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this particular authority is very important to the economy and the consumers in this scenario. We are being flooded with cheap products in our markets. This is the organization that needs to come out and help this country and the consumers of this country. This organisation does a very important function. Therefore, its leadership needs to be of high integrity, a very professional leadership and a leadership that can be trusted. Mr. David Kibet Kemei is known to me. We worked together in the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). When I was working as an ICT Director, he was working as a Chief Economist. He is a very serious professional. He left earlier than me. I do not want to go into that, but I know he is a very serious employee who will transform this organization. I encourage him to ensure that there are higher standards of integrity and accountability even as he leads this organization. Having said that, I know he is coming from outside the CAK, which is okay. However, we also need to encourage that when such an opportunity comes in an organization, the employees of that organization should be given the first opportunity. The managers who have worked there for long and have experience, can be given an opportunity. I want to talk on behalf of my constituent, who was one of the people looking for this job, and he was overlooked by the Prime Cabinet Secretary who also happens to come from his village. In the future and as the committee that analyses this thing, the first question you need to ask is; was there an employee within that organization who qualifies for this position, so that you can have a reason for looking for a replacement from outside? We want to encourage professionalism, succession planning and aspire people to hire offices within organizations."
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