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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/920004/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Pokot South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Pkosing",
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": "Let me address a number of issues that came out. One of them being KQ being a public entity was privatised and now it will become a public entity again. As Kenyans can remember, at that particular time, there was no choice of being either a public or private entity. We were being forced by some international institutions like the International Monitory Fund (IMF). If you can remember, there were Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) and they were not a choice. We were not even given an opportunity to think about what will be good for this country. We were forced. That is why a strategic investment like KQ was privatised. If we were given an opportunity to think about it, it would have been different. We were not there at that particular time, but today, we are thinking about our country, and that is why we took this direction. In my view, I am persuaded to say that there should be certain strategic installations for the people of Kenya which should not be privatised or sold. They should be for the people, and transport is one of them. In the same manner, the Government responsibility number one is to move its people from one point to another. This should not be left to the private sector. If this is left to the private sector, it will decide how much to charge. They can even charge Kshs1 million from here to Eldoret. That is not what we want as a people, and I thank Members for supporting this Report."
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