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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kagwe",
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        "legal_name": "Mutahi Kagwe",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the outset, I want to confirm that the Senate Committee on Information and Technology has been discussing this matter regarding the performance of the mobile service providers and particularly that of Safaricom which, as Sen. Mositet rightly put it, is partially owned, in fact, majority owned by both the Government of Kenya and the Kenyan public. We have agreed that the performance of Safaricom currently is definitely below the expected standards of this nation. In fact, we have said that in terms of best practices across the world, we are way below that. Given that this is the flagship provider of mobile services then, indeed, it is very disappointing. We have even pointed out to Safaricom that it is disappointing that instead of progressing and becoming better, there seems to be clearly a drop in their performance. The Senator wanted me to simplify this data and I want to do so. I would like to take this data back to the Ministry and ask them to give us data that we can have as usable information on the floor of this House. In terms of the county by county performance, what I have here is region by region. Clearly, that did not satisfy us and, indeed, did not even satisfy the Committee. As is very clear we are here to protect the counties, all counties, not some counties. When a licence is given to a mobile service provider, it is given on condition that the licensee is going to provide mobile services across the country, not just in some regions. That is also the reason why the Universal Fund was created, so that in those regions where it is not economically viable to build base stations, the Government can assist through the Communication Authority of Kenya (CAK) or through subsidizing The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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