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    "id": 735062,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/735062/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "This amendment should have happened 10 years ago. It is not a question of whether it will happen, but it is a question of when. If you look at the licence Safaricom holds, it is a telecommunication licence. I am talking in particular about Safaricom. Today, as Hon. Jakoyo says, they are in the taxi business and literally conducting banking business. Who knows? Tomorrow, they will be running restaurants or cleaning services on the same licence. This House has a duty to make sure--- In fact, if you looked at the terms on the licensing of Safaricom and telecoms companies, they have actually violated the terms of their licences. Some people might look at this amendment simplistically, but Safaricom is a foreign-owned company which is holding the data for all Kenyans who are subscribers to its network. That data is being held by foreigners and we are exposing millions of Kenyans to cyber terrorism. So, this is a very serious amendment, but I want Hon. Jakoyo, as the proposer, to have the final word. This amendment is not a question of if, but a question of when it will happen because it has to protect the people of Kenya and also create jobs for our country. We should transfer all ownership of all those conglomerates within Safaricom to the people of Kenya - away from the hands of foreigners."
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