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    "id": 240706,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/240706/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Odoyo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Ochieng Odoyo",
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    "content": "our Kenyan consumer. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have in mind a case in point which is Coca-Cola. Frequently and many a time, items ranging from insects to rats have been found in Coca-Cola bottles. The remedial action for the Kenyan consumer is currently limited. Cases of this nature have been reported but the Government is limited in its capacity to take action. I believe that the Consumer Protection Bill will give Kenyans the opportunity to respond to these cases of what you may call uncontrolled profiteering. In the laissez-faire economics and in the theory of the fair, as an economist, the issue of profit is supposedly the main objective of a firm or a company. Currently, we have few Kenyan firms dominating the consumer market. Unless this House takes immediate remedial action, we shall continue to be exploited. Kenyans are being exploited in the following areas. One area is that of pricing. We have cases where the price of a product is higher in Kenya than it is in the home country of the multinational, which manufactures it. If the labour costs are lower here, why is the price still higher here than it is in the home country? Time is ripe for us to tackle issues of transfer pricing and exploitation. The issue of \"nyanyasaring\" wananchi must stop. This cannot stop unless the Government has the ability and legal capacity to protect its consumers."
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