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    "id": 1102493,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwea, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Josphat Kabinga",
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        "legal_name": "Josphat Kabinga Wachira",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to these very important petitions, the petition by Hon. Mule and the petition that was brought through you by the Kenyan citizens. These petitions are very important. They are coming at a time when this country is already suffering from other pandemics and any increase to the fuel will have a spill over to other areas and thus increasing the burden that is already with Kenyans. Last weekend, I was with some youth group in a place called Viva and they had a serious cry over the increases of fuel especially the boda boda operators. Because we have discussed this issue over time, the ruling you have given today could never have come at a better time. It is high time the Committee came up with a report that will comprehensively look at why the cost of fuel goes up and down every time. We have been given reasons especially on the international cost. We have been given reasons on VAT but if you look at the cost of fuel in other countries especially the neighbouring countries, you realise that this could not have been the actual problem. It is high time this Committee now goes deeper to look at the real reasons and come up with recommendations and out of those recommendations, we now look at a possibility of having some subsidy or some fund that could be used any time there is an attempt by EPRA to increase the cost of fuel. It will be very important that the Committee acts very fast. Fourteen days are sufficient. We should not have an increase of even a day so that our people who are watching out there may now start having hope in this House. Let them believe that whenever we have this kind of an issue, we can take it seriously and come up with recommendations that should also be implemented immediately by the Executive. Above all, now that we are already there, we hope that the Executive can look at alternative ways of subsidising the young men who are now going to lock down their boda boda business because of this cost of fuel. I submit."
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