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    "id": 251911,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/251911/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kagwe",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Information and Communications",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 229,
        "legal_name": "Mutahi Kagwe",
        "slug": "mutahi-kagwe"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) In the year 2004, the Government of Kenya de-gazetted Section 5(v) of the Kenya Communications Act (1998), thereby liberalising the communication sector and removing all monopoly held by Telkom (K) Ltd and, allowing more players in the market. It is true that a population that has access to affordable Information Communication Technology (ICT) services has more benefits than the one that does not. (b) Mr. Speaker, Sir, in lowering the cost, internet backbone gateway access operators, commercial VSAT operators and public data operators have been allowed to establish and operate international gateways. With all that competition, the prices are expected to drop, especially when all of them are operational. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government recently adopted a new ICT policy which aims at ensuring that the services are more accessible and affordable to majority of Kenyans. In that policy, we have provisions for universal access, which should enable rural folks to have access to affordable internet. Since liberalisation of the internet world, internet usage has steadily been rising in Kenya and more mechanisms are being put in place to ensure increase access to the internet. It is worth noting that, the number of internet users has increased from 100 in 1996 to about 2 million in 2005."
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