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    "id": 372259,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/372259/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kisang",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "William Kipkemoi Kisang",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to take this opportunity to thank hon. Bowen for this Motion, which is actually overdue. I remember 15 years ago, when we had only Kenya Posts and Telecommunication Company (KPTC) supplying services to the country; we had a penetration of 300,000. With liberalization, we now have more than five operators and over 25 million Kenyans have access to telecommunication. So, basically, we are not saying that we want to kill Kenya Power. We want to assist Kenya Power to wake up by ensuring that there is competition. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am a Member of the Committee on Energy and Communication. I believe, when we will pass this Motion and enable hon. Bowen to move ahead and make it a Bill, it will come to our Committee and we will support it so that we ensure there is fair and free competition. We are not saying we want a competitor the size of Kenya Power; we have regions where we cannot generate hydro-energy and supply power to those areas. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we can generate hydro-energy in Elgeyo Marakwet County and then supply it within the county and the county can sell this power so that we do not have the regular blackouts that we have currently. One of the hon. Members said that we need to create employment. We cannot become digital when penetration of power in my constituency is less than 10 per cent. If the average penetration in the country is 15 per cent and basically Nairobi makes it 90 per cent---"
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