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    "id": 1102567,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1102567/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir East, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Rashid Kassim",
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        "legal_name": "Rashid Kassim Amin",
        "slug": "rashid-kassim-amin-2"
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    "content": "the highest cost of fuel. Therefore, we basically attribute this to the Executive which has imposed levies on all the products we use in terms of fuel and other things. The fuel price in Nairobi is about Kshs139 for petrol and Kshs132 for diesel. However, you find that in Wajir where I come from, it has gone up to Kshs155 and Kshs165 in Mandera. You can understand the impact that it will have on the transportation of food and people. Sincerely speaking, it has affected all of us and all the sectors of the economy. I attribute this problem to Members of Parliament of this House who have not availed themselves to address this matter. I also blame the handshake which has allowed both the Jubilee Party and the Opposition to come together to pass the VAT and all the other levies. We have been unable to challenge His Excellency the President and the Executive as required. I blame the handshake for most of these problems. We have been unable to challenge the Executive. We have underrated ourselves as Kenyans and let down our electorate. That is basically what has happened. Now that it is late in the day and we are soon facing the electorate, we are coming to defend them. It is false. We should have done our responsibilities much earlier. Nevertheless, this is the time when we can raise 233 Members to avert all those things."
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