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    "content": "see their families, they are able to communicate on telephone in any place in the house, including the bedroom. People are also able to receive money from their loved ones who work in cities through mobile phone services. A lot of time is saved and people are able to pay off their debts using this technology. All these benefits are not hidden to us, they are there. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is sad that despite mobile telephone companies making huge profits, most of these profits are repatriated to shareholders, most of whom are foreigners. There is no policy to reinvest the money that is earned in this country to develop more telephone equipment and facilities. For example, only last month, Safaricom announced a record profit of Kshs25 billion. How much of that money was re-invested to create more bases for communication? We need to have a policy framework. That is why I am urging the National Government - I know there was a Communications Act of 2008 which did not go far enough to have a policy framework whereby companies are forced, if you will, to invest a fraction of the money they make in this country to create more networks particularly in rural areas. If we say they have to go where they think they will make a profit, a lot of areas will never get communication networks. I am appealing to my colleagues to see the point that I am making. We want companies to be made to re-invest money in the rural areas, even if there is little or no profit. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have circulated a document for the benefit of my colleagues. This document gives some statistics---"
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