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    "id": 489102,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Of course, you know the Chair is the Member for Ainamoi and not Ainabkoi. With the clarification that he has given, the definition of what a dominant player is, is contained in Section 23 of the substantive Act. So, the proposed amendment in the Bill is saying that, notwithstanding that interpretation of what a dominant player is, it will be deemed that you have abused your market power if you possess or control the market in excess of 40 per cent or less than 40 per cent. For instance, Safaricom - and this is a very important one - there is no other player who is able to come up because of the control of the dominant position by Safaricom, which controls 70 per cent of the market. So, if it comes up with policies that do not appear to be emasculating the small players, they are still abusing their dominant power by slashing the rates. If you slash the rates, that is an abuse of the dominant player. That is what the Competition Authority is seeking to curtail. So, the proposed amendment was very good. In fact, by removing it, you are negating what you were seeking to regulate. We should reject this amendment by my counterpart."
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