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    "id": 1102469,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1102469/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 38,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Matungulu, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Stephen Mule",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2321,
        "legal_name": "Stephen Mutinda Mule",
        "slug": "stephen-mutinda-mule"
    },
    "content": "Therefore, we humbly petition and pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Energy, does the following: (i) Conducts a public inquiry into reasons behind the high increase of petroleum products in Kenya, including Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) that includes the importation process, overhead refinery costs per litre/per barrel, volume of exported crude oil mined locally and amount of revenue collected from the petroleum products; (ii) Urgently reviews the relevant laws to cause a reduction of the retail prices of petroleum and petroleum products, including the Value Added Tax law, the Income Tax law, the Tax Procedures Act and the Miscellaneous Fees and Levies Act, among other statutes; (iii) Causes the relevant State agencies and the regulatory-making authorities to review the relevant regulations relating to petroleum products with a view to reduce the retail cost of petroleum and petroleum products, including that of LPG; (iv) Consider annulling the relevant petroleum-related regulations until such a time the regulatory-making authorities complies with a view of bringing down the cost of fuel in the country; and (v) Makes any other recommendations on legislative intervention aimed at reducing the retail price of fuel and LPG. And your humble petitioners will ever pray."
}