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    "id": 1108581,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Nuh",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, you are right. I forgot my card. It depends on where you were yesterday. I want to support the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for the request she made on the extension of time. This is a very serious matter that needs to be looked into properly. Hon. Speaker, the issue of fuel pricing in this country is much bigger than taxation. As a country, we have to look into this thing holistically, right from the procumbent and see whether we can actually control the price. The market forces should be allowed to determine the price of fuel. There are companies which can source for cheaper, middle priced and high priced fuels. Let us allow the market forces to determine the kind of pricing for the country in terms of fuel consumption. In my view, price control is the old way of fixing things. When price control was introduced, the dealers of petroleum products in the country were few and they were behaving like cartels. They would sit down somewhere and fix the fuel prices the way they wanted. The energy sector has since been liberalised. There are now many players, and that should benefit the country. The Government should stop fixing the prices of petroleum products. Instead it should focus on creating conducive environment for doing business. Why does the Government not fix the prices of food commodities? Why can they not fix the price of maize flower at Kshs50 or Kshs40 per two kilogramme packet? This time round the House must come up with a comprehensive way of handling this matter properly. That is why I support the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on their request for extension of time. Thank you."
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