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    "id": 1116968,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ijara, PDR",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sophia Noor",
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        "legal_name": "Sophia Abdi Noor",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance. First and foremost, I take this chance to thank and congratulate the Committee under the able leadership of the Chairperson, Hon. Gladys Wanga. Secondly, I want to congratulate the petitioner who brought this matter to the House. Thirdly, I want to echo what my fellow Members who spoke before me said that this House is in-charge of legislation: it made a mistake and it is now correcting it. The Ministry of Energy acted very inhumanely and insensitively in their recent action of increasing petroleum prices. They have failed to safeguard the basic rights of Kenyans by ignoring the situation that we are in. We are struggling with our economy, COVID-19 is still around, we are experiencing drought and people are really suffering. We have also lost almost 80 per cent of the livelihoods of the people of northern Kenya which is the backbone of the economy. The Ministry did not take cognisant of the fact that we are facing all those problems but just sat and decided that this is the time to increase the prices of petroleum and petroleum products. It was very wrong and we thank the Committee for going round and coming up with a report in record time because Kenyans expected us to stand with them at this very difficult moment. The high prices of fuel have infringed on the rights of every citizen in this country because there are Kenyan citizens who are now unable to travel or move from their homes to the workplaces. They can neither use the matatus nor the boda bodas . They now leave their homes The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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