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    "id": 1080426,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I fully agree with the Committee. By the way, I just wanted to correct some insinuation that I saw in today’s newspaper that Members of Parliament have seen the light because our term is just coming to an end. I do not think there is any time that we have failed to protect Kenyans on essential commodities. In 2013, yes, we brought a lot of basic commodities to be vatable, but I brought an amendment in this House and we reverted them. The only time we have brought something that is controversial was the issue of fuel, but again, that time we put it at half of the 16 per cent. So, these Members are not just looking at elections. I thank and congratulate the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. That is a laudable amendment. This is going to protect the basic commodities that Kenyans use for their survival. I know Hon. Aden Duale and Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah are looking at me to add ‘hustler’. No, the way I look at it is the downtrodden, not the hustler narrative that we now have in the country. Those are the downtrodden. I do not want to use that terminology which has been corrupted. I thank you. I support."
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