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    "id": 384072,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, in fact, I was going to make that correction myself because I know that it is Orange that has Government connection. That is the former Telkom (K). Even if the Orange group have substantial shares in Telkom (K), the infrastructure of post offices are still all over. If you go to Lodwar, you will find a post office building. When you go to Mandera, Bungoma or Siaya, you will find them there. These can be a bedrock and foundation of part of this infrastructure. In fact, this Senate should start thinking of a legislation that takes some of these critical assets that are wasting away and puts them in the hands of county governments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the defunct Kenya Farmers Association (KFA) and all those very important assets that were spread all over the country have been left to go to waste. The National Produce and Cereals Board (NCPB) is no longer functioning. Where you have the NCPB silos, you can pass them on to the county governments and they can use them. So, I want to urge that we should not unduly worry about the phrase “provide budgets to supplement mobile telephones”, because it is simply an encouragement. It is not an obligation, it is not mandatory and it does not even say what quantum of budget you should put on this. With those few remarks, I beg to second this all important Motion and I think it is bound to make a big change in the counties."
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