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    "id": 1102519,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Gitonga",
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        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also rise to support the two Petitions and agree with my colleagues that the 14 days given may be relatively more than what we need as a matter of urgency. Maybe, seven days should have been sufficient for us to address the problem at hand which threatens to cripple our country. We must also have an investigation into why the price of fuel has suddenly gone up in spite of the fact that the VAT at 16 per cent was passed in 2018, is now being implemented and no explanation whatsoever has been given. We recently possibly agreed on the Petroleum Development Levy rising slightly to cushion inflation. However, that cannot be the reason why we have such a high price coming up at a time when the country is reeling from the effects of COVID- 19, drought and other pandemics that we need to look into. The Fuel Levy has always been there. Therefore, the Leader of the Majority Party should not tell us that if we remove some of those levies, we will not get money to maintain our roads. It is not true. The Fuel Levy is there. That is where we get our money through the roads boards to maintain our roads. Therefore, we should be thinking of what urgent measures we should take into consideration to ensure that the price of fuel goes down, citizens are relieved and we are able to help those ones down there - we call them hustlers - who have difficulties in getting their daily livelihoods. If we continue to burden them, what are we doing for the country? What value is this to anyone in the country? As we look at this, we are told the country is reeling in debt. Possibly, this has a correlation and must be looked into, whether there is a problem with our debt and whether we are looking at fuel as part of the money we need to service the debt."
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