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    "id": 1102592,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1102592/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Central Imenti, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Kirima",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13317,
        "legal_name": "Moses Nguchine Kirima",
        "slug": "moses-nguchine-kirima-2"
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I stand to support the Petition by my colleague, Hon. Mule. We had looked at that Petition. It raises serious issues as pertains to what has been happening from the time the fuel prices were raised. Look at the countries around us as it has been suggested earlier by my colleagues. When we were in Uganda the other day, we found that a litre of petrol was Ksh70, and that fuel passes through Kenya. One wonders why it becomes very expensive now when it comes to Kenya and we are the ones who are supplying Uganda. It is supposed to be more expensive in Uganda than Kenya. As it has been insinuated by my colleagues earlier, if the Government takes it seriously and considers the common man, whoever is being called mama mboga or the hustler, and reduce those taxes which are being levied here now and then by this body which has been given the authority to regulate the fuel… I believe this body is a cartel and this money does not reach the destination which it is meant to reach. It must be enriching very few. It is only few Kenyans, the cartels, who benefit from these taxes. It is not every Kenyan. If it is so, then we could be having a lot of money from the fuel levy or from these taxes levied on fuel. How come when we hear that fuel prices per barrel in the world market have just risen, the following day you find that in our petrol pumps, the prices have gone up. When is that fuel imported from the world market? Is it imported overnight? You find that the fuel prices in the pumps have risen but when it goes down, it does not affect the fuel pumps immediately. Hon. Speaker, I support this Petition but I am praying that this House, through you, reduces the dates you have given from 14 to be less than seven. Things can be done on emergency basis because the moment it is going to be implemented and it starts working, it means that we will be unable to undo the same and the common man is going to continue suffering for no reason. I hereby support the same. Thank you."
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