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    "id": 1120856,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ekal",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Malachy Charles Ekal Imana",
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    "content": "So many Members have said so much and we need to take action. We need to do something that is going to show those CSs that this is equivalent of the High Court of Kenya. When you are called to come, you come. I am not going to say much about the high prices of our electricity. The people that I represent do not have electricity. The people in the town of Lodwar including myself suffered through the prices of the generator that is being run by the KPLC. That is a small minority of the population of Turkana County. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what I want to talk about is the pain that the high prices of petroleum have caused on our people. You know that for people who live in dry areas, everything they eat must be imported from somewhere else. It might come from Kitale, Uganda, Eldoret and other places. This is because these people do not grow their own food. It is so sad that the prices of petroleum have gone up for people who live in arable areas, people who can grow their food like Sukuma wiki and other things like that. It is easy for them to get Sukuma wiki or maize out of their farms. However, for Turkana people who do not grow anything and with the dry conditions of the county today, it is very hard to get and buy food especially because of the high prices, which are caused by the high fuel prices. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Nyamunga talked about the poor state of some Kenyan in Kisumu County. Such a Kenyan cannot be compared with a Kenyan that is living in Turkana. A Kenyan in Kisumu has got Lake Victoria right there. She can always get some omena, which she can use to make ugali. She can get some mboga because Kisumu County is a lot more arable than any place in Turkana County. When you talk about the deserts of Turkana County, people live there in a deplorable state. That is why the other day I asked the Government of Kenya and the county government to release food for those folks. Those folks have no other way to get food. When you raise prices, it becomes impossible to bring food to a county like Turkana so that people can buy food at low prices. In the first place, those people do not have enough money to buy food that is sold at very high prices. That puts them in a very difficult situation. People cannot afford food. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also want to talk about the high prices that affect those who bring food. Those who bring food must fuel their vehicles even if they are travelling from Kitale. To get food to Lodwar or Turkana becomes highly expensive. When Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki said that prices of petroleum in Lokichar are going at Kshs142 a gallon, imagine the price of petroleum for people who live at Kibish, which is the far end of Kenya next to Ethiopia. How much is petroleum selling over there? Imagine a situation where somebody wants to take food that far, how expensive will that food be? Will the people of Kibish afford to buy food especially when they do not have jobs and any way of getting money? It is really affecting places like Turkana very much in a very bad way. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, also talk about the boda boda . Our young turks use"
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