{"id":62420,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/62420/?format=json","text_counter":216,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Raila","speaker_title":"The Prime Minister","speaker":{"id":195,"legal_name":"Raila Amolo Odinga","slug":"raila-odinga"},"content":" Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did undertake last week to address more comprehensively this week various issues around the mobile telephony sector. I also informed the House of a planned meeting with all mobile phone operators to discuss trends within and prospects for the sector. I am pleased to report to the House that I did have a meeting yesterday with all mobile phone operators together with all the Government Departments concerned in the sector. The meeting established a task force that will deal with the following seven issues and report back in two weeks. (i) The grand path for call termination charges; (ii) Universal access fund; (iii) Mobile number portability; (iv) Infrastructure vandalism, including fibre cuts; (v) Money transfer platform outside the banking system; (vi) Spectrum/frequency charges; and, (vii) Sharing of infrastructure facilities. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will address these issues in some depth later in this Statement."}