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    "id": 487039,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/487039/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B.Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand to support this report with the few proposed amendments. Before I read the amendments, it is during the year 2014 when the Ministries of Interior and Coordination of National Government and that of Information, Communication and Technology were made to understand that there is a discussion taking place in order to provide a lease infrastructure for the National Police Service. During the negotiations, Safaricom Limited proposed to build and operate a national police service communication system with a 450 band spectrum alongside its existing network. The solution proposed by Safaricom Limited by then involved operating and maintaining the network; including the sharing of the back call and the call network of the Safaricom infrastructure. They will do this commercially on their platform. Hon. Speaker, this is good for Kenya and I totally agree with the Committee that this project has become of age. But before, as a Member of Parliament for Garissa Town, I want to say that Safaricom Limited controls 60 per cent of the market share. Safaricom is partially owned by the British; Vodacom. Therefore, it is for this House to know that if one service provider owns 60 per cent, in my opinion--- I am sure hon. Members like Maj-Gen. Nkaissery will agree with me that, that is a threat to national security. Hon. Speaker, if Safaricom shuts down M-pesa, there will be riots in this country."
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