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    "id": 783694,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/783694/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaunya",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13488,
        "legal_name": "Edward Oku Kaunya",
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    "content": "My suggestion is on its mandate. Though the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority Bill covers Nairobi area and the designated outlying areas, there is need to look at it in a holistic perspective for the future. Therefore, I suggest that we include a component that the Authority should also look at other cities because the same challenge has been pointed out in respect of Mombasa, Kisumu and Eldoret, and the situation is getting complicated. Therefore, we should bear in mind the fact that this Authority should then have an extended mandate. We can do it the way the London underground rail transport network serves the greater London Metropolitan Area. The company is managed or owned by the local government. Therefore, my suggestion or proposal is that after creating the authority, we should look at a more efficient system of running it because the authority and the council are not at the same operational level. If you recall, we previously created several authorities and in the long run, we experienced inefficiencies which forced us to privatise. The reason why we privatise parastatals and other authorities is that by nature, the Government cannot run business. I agree with the Members who have suggested looking at the role of the private sector in this matter. In the case of the London The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}