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    "id": 208529,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "August 15, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3189 Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Motion is long overdue. No country can ever develop if the issues raised by this Motion are not taken care of. This is because the biggest role of a government is to protect the interests of its citizens. We live in a country where it is money- makers first then the citizens come second. So, the issues of monopoly are basically meant to protect a few individuals, so that they make a lot of money. This is a man-eat-man society. For us, as a country and a Parliament, it is time that we got down to work in order to address the issue of exploitation of our citizens. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, right now, there are some things which are about to happen. Some are already happening. These are issues of privatisation of public-owned assets of this country. The biggest thing about to happen is the sale of Safaricom. We have mysterious owners of 10 per cent shares of Safaricom. It is common knowledge that some of the owners of the 10 per cent are hon. Members of this House. We keep asking the Government to name these people publicly before they make any move to privatise whatever they own in Safaricom. This is the money used to destabilise politics in this country. We cannot make positive political progression as long as one or two people keep on making wealth of between Kshs3 billion to Kshs4 billion every year from one investment. Why are we concealing their identities? Why is the Government concealing the identity of those with ill-gotten wealth? We need to know. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to take this opportunity, from the Floor of this House, to put the Government on notice that we are watching them! Kenyans will not forgive this House and the Government if they let Safaricom be sold to another consortium of a few rich individuals. Just recently, 10 per cent of the shares was given to one family of a corrupt politician!"
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