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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nassir",
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        "legal_name": "Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I would like these last arguments to be based on a number of things. If my statement regarding doing this in Kiswahili rather than English has been offensive to Hon. Duale, then I withdraw. Hon. Kimunya talked about what happens if 10 people applied. In the clause that I have proposed, the Authority shall grant more than one distribution licence. That means it is two or more. That is what my proposal has suggested. Hon. Duale had asked: what happens in situations where power systems are already in place? What happens in situations like Remba Island where Kenya Power Company has failed to provide services? People have currently applied, but nothing has happened. It is the desire of a certain person sitting behind a desk to decide whether or not services should be rendered. Members, when you say that protecting KPLC is not an economic issue, then believe me you are not in touch with your constituents. When you say protecting KPLC is not necessarily protecting the economic interests of this country, then you have no desire to protect the economy of this country. All these clauses have been mentioned one by one. Clause 168 has no relation to what I am talking about. The Chairman of the Committee has gone ahead and given indication of what open access means. The Chair has gone ahead to allude that with this particular clause that we are seeking to amend, it will mean that other amendments are going to be affected. No other amendment is being affected. Chair, I am requesting this House to vote for Kenyans on a bipartisan approach. Let us vote for Kenyans. This amendment seeks nothing else except to ensure that Kenyans get value for their money. I beg to rest on this particular matter. It is at your discretion to call it to vote."
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