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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1116863/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Chepalungu, CCM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Koske",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Kimutai Koske",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, from the Report of the Committee, there are new terms that have come to be known today. There is something called “global oil prices” that has gone up. The simple question is: Are Uganda and Tanzania not part of the global community? Why is it that in Kenya petroleum products cost three times higher than they do in Uganda and Tanzania? Secondly, the landing costs and taxes contribute to 50 per cent of the retail price. There is also storage cost and a new term called “sizes of the vessels” which are in metric tonnes. There are some things that Kenyans want to know. All these are cosmetics. Kenyans want to know how we are going to bring down the retail prices of fuel, and not the wholesale prices. They do not care about wholesale but retail. Are we able to bring down the pump price of, say, diesel to Kshs100 per litre? The high cost of fuel has affected the manufacturing and transport industries. Manufacturers and transporters have transferred the high cost of fuel to Kenyans and yet, Kenyans are facing challenges of high costs of living. The contractors who have major projects in this country are on a go-slow because they cannot make the expected profit margins. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, life is currently a struggle in Kenya. The cost of everything is high. Is it possible to remove all mandates from regulators, bring them to Parliament and change them to be Acts of Parliament so that we can control the prices of essential goods and services to Kenyans? I beg to support and tell the Committee that we will appreciate if there is a way they can bring down the cost from Kshs137 to Kshs100. That will give Kenyans back their businesses and make profit from what they are doing. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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