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    "id": 721673,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "collapsing and this House must act. Safaricom has had a free ride for far too long. I have an amendment coming in the Miscellaneous Bill, which we wish to prioritise next week to make sure – it is not to suggest but to make it a must - that the State must move in and divide Safaricom into several companies. Safaricom is a foreign company and Kenyans must know that. The new companies must be owned by locals. If it is 70 per cent owned by Vodacom, what is the benefit to Kenyans? All the pride we have that Safaricom is making money--- It is looting money from our economy. I know the Jubilee Government does not have capacity but in six months there will be a good government that must not let economy go south. I know my friend Hon. Ichung’wah does not want to hear that, but we are talking about an economy that lost 135,000 jobs in the formal sector not to mention the jobs which were supported by the 135,000 in the informal sector. One of the biggest things that we saw as Members in January, 2017 is people who have lost their jobs and they are now asking us for school fees. It is that sad. That is why we in CORD are very comfortable. It is because Kenyans are seeing. I know my friend Hon. Peris does not want to hear---"
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