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    "id": 1102485,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wilson Sossion",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to thank the petitioners, namely, Hon. Mule and a citizen, who has written to you. I also wish to thank you for giving a clear direction to the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning to investigate the matter and report within 14 days. This will give us a better opportunity to address this further. There is no doubt that in this country, the recent fuel increases have caused a lot of uproar. Looking at the microeconomic levels, I agree with the Leader of the Majority Party and the caution from the Leader of the Minority Party on the need to be very cautious when treating this matter. It is common knowledge, and you do not need to be an economist in this country to know that revenue collection is so weak and very easy for the Executive and the Government to collect revenue by targeting fuel prices. The Committee will have to be honest and look at a way of extricating Kenyans from the effects of fuel prices. Kenyans are aware that the fuel prices in the neighbouring countries like Uganda and the rest are far much lower than ours. What is the explanation? Indeed, there is need to review the prices downwards as we wait for the report. At the micro-level, as I stated, upon increase in prices, the boda boda industry and general transport system has almost collapsed. This The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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