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    "id": 208543,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/208543/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Munya",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Office of the President",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 279,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Konzolo Munyao",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in Europe, for example, where there is a proper law, the transport industry is left for small players. So, a firm could concentrate in manufacturing, but another firm could get a cake from that industry by providing transport. But in Kenya, major firms are providing everything. They produce and provide transport for their own goods to the outlets. They even own the outlets! In a country with proper regulations and competition, you prevent those companies from controlling, for example, transport business, so that there is proper competition in that area. Let other players deal with transport as the firms concentrate on producing. But in Kenya, the major players, for example, in the media industry, are the ones who are controlling the transportation of their newspapers. They have started courier businesses instead of letting other players to have courier businesses to carry their products to the markets. They are the ones who are running that business! They have become a monopoly in everything. No small firm can come in and get a share of the cake. That is why we need a competition law to put in place proper structures and enable our people to get into business without being kicked out. 3196 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 15, 2007 Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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