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    "id": 90791,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/90791/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do appreciate the disparities in fares between different areas and between different travelling seasons. You will find that when there is a peak demand, especially during Easter or Christmas holidays, the matatus have been known to hike their fares unreasonably. Again, it is part of responding to the market supply and demand. While we cannot directly intervene on the fares and prescribe fares for that, we are trying to work on it from a different policy perspective in terms of encouraging fair competition, ensuring safety comes first and increasing the supply of dependable transport on the Kenyan roads, including what we are doing on enhancing commuter rail transport within the cities. Because of Government investment, it will not be at the mercy of the forces of demand and supply. So, it is a matter of time before we harmonize issues of supply and demand of public transport. I would like to ask the public to be mindful of the companies that are charging them good fares, giving them comfort and giving them value for money and support them. They should avoid the ones that are exploiting them and report them to us, so that we can look at how we can use the industry to put peer pressure and self-regulation within the industry."
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