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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kagwe",
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        "legal_name": "Mutahi Kagwe",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am quite prepared to follow up on Sen. (Dr.) Machage’s request and get a list of the people who are distributing set top boxes. But let us not confuse that the set top boxes that we are talking about are the ones that people need to buy before next year. I will get him the list that he requires and table it on the Floor of the House. I also want to say that if there is anybody who is known to have applied and did not get approval, he should say so. You can only approve those who have applied. You cannot approve those people who have not applied. On the issue of the cost of the set top boxes, the best guarantee of lower prices on any product anywhere on earth is indeed demand and supply. Forty five people competing for the same market and others that will be approved is sufficient guarantee that the prices are going to be affordable in the country. What would be a big mistake – I agree with Sen. (Dr.) Machage – is where there will be one or two suppliers and then they can come together and create a monopoly of suppliers who are going to charge the prices the way they want. But if we can get anybody who wants to bring a set top box being allowed to do so, then I believe that the competitive environment that will be created by those approvals will be sufficient to keep the prices down."
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