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    "id": 1120851,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Were",
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        "legal_name": "Petronila Were Lokorio",
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    "content": "It is also disheartening that these are former Senators of this House. I am informed that they were even once Members of the Committee on Energy. They know the issues that we are raising and the importance of fuel to this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, an increase in the price of fuel is the one thing that automatically guarantees the increase in the cost of living for Kenyans across board both at the low and higher levels. Therefore, when you increase the price of fuel without thinking, haphazardly and irregularly the way it is done then you are putting Kenyan’s lives in an uncertain manner. We are living in uncertain times. If I do not know what will happen to me tomorrow, how will I secure my children as a mother or father? Having said that, it is important to note that the landing price of fuel at the coast of Kenya in Mombasa is around Kshs47. How it reaches Nairobi and it goes to over Kshs140 which is almost 100 per cent increase means that there are levies and taxes on this fuel that are bringing the price to this level. Even as we summon the CS for the Ministry of Energy and the CS for the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining, we need to also summon the CS for National Treasury. This is so that we deal with this matter on taxes that are levied on fuel. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, every time the government is broke, the easiest way to collect money is to tax fuel. We also need to change the law because initially the National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK), the law allowed them to import 30 per cent of fuel. This 30 per cent should be used to stabilise prices and ensure that Kenyans are not adversely affected when fuel goes up. Since the law changed and the market was liberalised, NOCK is not able to import this 30 per cent to stabilise prices. The National Assembly need to change the law to bring back the clause that allowed or mandated NOCK to import 30 per cent of the fuel."
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