{"id":162535,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/162535/?format=json","text_counter":520,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Muriithi","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister for Industrialization","speaker":{"id":91,"legal_name":"Ndiritu Muriithi","slug":"ndiritu-muriithi"},"content":"Coming back to this Report, first, I want to join those who have made comments that we need to liberalise this sector. I also want to dispel the notion that monopoly is simply bad, because it is by a Government controlled institution. I think, as a matter of policy and economic management, we welcome liberalisation as the way to ensure competition and resources are allocated in the best way possible. So, as a general principle, we welcome the issue of liberalisation."}