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    "id": 384087,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/384087/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Khaniri",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 171,
        "legal_name": "George Munyasa Khaniri",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me digest the good information that I have been given. First, I will allow the Senator for Machakos to inform me later. I want to say that I agree with him fully and I want to thank him for that information. Maybe another area that we should look at very seriously is also coming up with legislation to push the service providers to share infrastructure. As it is now, companies with more infrastructure like Safaricom, are using the infrastructure as a competitive edge. Therefore, if there was a law to push for these companies to share infrastructure, I am sure many areas would be covered by many networks. It is also going to help in our environment because we also do not want to see masts or base stations mushrooming everywhere in the city or in our villages. Mr. Speaker, Sir, lastly, I want to state that another reason why some areas are not covered, it is not just because of lack of the network or the base stations, it is because of lack of electricity. I think we should also be urging Kenya Power Company, in places where it is not viable to take the main grid line, to develop solar energy so that the mobile companies can use these solar energy to put up their base stations so that the people of those---"
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