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    "id": 935803,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/935803/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Roysambu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Isaac Ndirangu",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Waihenya Ndirangu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. May I congratulate the Leader of the Majority Party for expressly explaining to Members the gist and importance of this Bill. I wish to second this Bill by saying that the Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2019 proposes to amend various sections of the Competition Act No.12 of 2010, that is, sections 18, 24, 29, 31 and 70A of the Act. In particular, the proposals for amendment are in respect to: (1) The inclusion of abuse of buyer power as an area of inquiry under Section 18 of the Act which provides for market inquiries; (2) Delinking the abuse of buyer power provisions from Section 24 to ease interpretation and enforcement; (3) Provide for the express power for investigation by the Competition Authority into the abuse of buyer power complaints; and, (4) Provide for penalties arising under Section 29 of the Act and to enable the Competition Authority to effectively initiate and investigate consumer complaints. As has been ably demonstrated by the Leader of the Majority Party, this Bill comes in handy to protect companies and particularly the ones under Access to Government Procurement Services (AGPO), the youth, gender and persons with disabilities, many of whom are on record as having provided goods on credit to county governments, supermarkets and many other enterprises."
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