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    "id": 479130,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wambugu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 149,
        "legal_name": "Clement Muchiri Wambugu",
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    "content": "Going to the Postal Corporation Act of 1998, we have the insertion of a new paragraph that says “postal financial service, incidental services---” but mainly what I want to look at is paying of money through mobile payments. We need to support the Kenya Postal Corporation to compete with other mobile operators so that at least they can get into this industry other than it being controlled by a few companies. While I speak on that, it is very sad because when we are trying to lower the rates in this country especially on mobile money transfers, radio telephony and all that, recently, there was a very serious incident when a few operators were licensed by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK); companies like Equity Bank. Tangaza Mobile were licensed to get the virtual mobile network operators but unfortunately one of the main players went to court to block it. That is denying Kenyans a facility which could have been used to reduce the cost of communication in this country. I support the amendments to allow the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) to be issued or given the authority to operate some of those services. We have the Civil Aviation Authority, the introduction and establishment of the Office of the Chief Accident Investigator--- That is towards the end of the amendments. That department has for a long time been under the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority but up to about three years ago, it went back to the Ministry of Transport. We need to do everything possible in this country to empower and strengthen that department. My request is that when accidents reports are completed, they should be made available to this House so that we can look at them. We need to understand where we stand as a country. This is so that we do not end up getting issues which have been recommended by that department but are not being dealt with. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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