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    "id": 19750,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/19750/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Poghisio",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Information and Communications",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Losuron Poghisio",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the case of the FM radio stations, for example, the West FM which is based in Webuye is picked as far as Mbale in Uganda. It is consumed in Uganda because these are signals. The question that is being asked is why Safaricom is charging international rates. It is not true that Safaricom is charging international rates. It is just that your handset has picked these international calls across the border and we must do something about it. That is what we need to move to. As to part “b”; what measure the Minister is taking to protect Kenyans from these inflated charges; first of all, they are not inflated charges. They are just roaming charges. I want to believe that Ugandans also suffer the same problem if they are on the border. They also pick our signals on the other side and pay the same rates. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what I have decided is to ask our regulator the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) to enter into consultations with the regulator in Uganda to see to it that they can at least minimize the suffering of our people by asking the people on the other side of the border to point their transmission equipment in a direction that does not surpass the boundary. However, that is very difficult but they will have to try and do it. In case it is not possible, they have to find an arrangement but the best thing is to enter into an immediate consultation with the authorities in Uganda on this issue. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as to part “c” which reads; “could the Minister ensure that the company compensates the citizens for the loss?” I think I have tried to explain that the company bears no responsibility at this point. Therefore, the issue of compensation does not arise."
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