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    "id": 893236,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/893236/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "THAT, the CA implements national roaming to other Tier 1 operators in the seven counties of Isiolo, Garissa, Mandera, Marsabit, Samburu, Turkana and Wajir within one year. This will cut off the methodology. Effectively, what we want to achieve - and I must commend the Committee for their initiative - is to ensure that Kenyans in far-flung counties that enjoy the Equalisation Fund also enjoy cheaper calling rates. They should access roaming and telecommunication services on mobile telephony at the cheapest possible cost. It is only fair that we leave it to the regulator, in consultation with the industry players, to define the methodology. It is not for this House to pin it down on the regulator that it must be one particular methodology that may eventually be more costly. This way, the recommendation still remains, but gives the CA the leeway to determine the best approach to utilise in determining the network costs for national roaming. In conclusion, these proposals still retain the weight of reducing costs of communication for consumers, encouraging connectivity in reserve areas and leaving the CA to exercise its mandate of implementing recommendations effectively. Since I still have one minute, I urge the Chair of the Committee and the Committee to note that most of the regulations that they have listed on Page 9 were there in 1999 and 2001. Others were there in 2010. In Section 21 of the Statutory Instruments Act, those regulations have been given a lifespan of 10 years. Therefore, the Chair and the Committee should note that some of those regulations have expired."
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