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    "id": 1099477,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1099477/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I share the same sentiments as my colleagues. Even though I a Member of the Committee on Energy, this is an issue that I advocate for a whole House. We should summon the Ministry of Energy for a Committee of the Whole House so that we can be seen to be addressing these issues by the people we represent. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in this country, we are taxing people which leads them to come up with igneous ways of evading taxes. You have heard my sister complaining about her electricity bill which is influenced by the price of fuel. Some of us pay Kshs17,000 and then all of a sudden, it is Kshs43,000. Mr. Speaker, Sir, farmers in Narok are now harvesting. Last week, it cost Kshs1,500 per hectare on combined harvester. Today, it is Kshs2,000. Tomorrow, because of the rise of fuel prices, it will be Kshs2,500 yet the price of wheat has not gone up. For us, farmers who also deal with milk, we transport it from Narok to Nairobi or Kericho to Nairobi. The companies that buy milk will start to buy it at Kshs10 so that they can meet their expenses. We are killing this economy."
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