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    "id": 1142256,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. As I support this Petition, let me go on record and seek your guidance. In September last year, there was a huge outcry on the sky rocketing of the petroleum product prices. This House in its wisdom acted very fast. I remember that the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, chaired by Hon. Gladys Wanga, brought the Petroleum Products (Taxes and Levies) (Amendment) Bill which was read the First Time in October 2021. The Committee has tabled its Report. This Bill is supposed to cure what Mr. Mutoro, the Secretary General of COFEK, a very competent lobbyist, is asking. This Bill is supposed to address, among other things, the review of taxes and levies on petroleum products, with the view of making petroleum and petroleum products cheaper, hence alleviate the high cost of living that Kenyans are experiencing. In the same line of thought, on 13th January, I wrote to the Speaker, Hon. Justin Muturi, who is also the Chairman of the House Business Committee (HBC) asking that when we resume this year, we give this Bill a priority. Till today, I have not gotten an answer. Therefore, Hon. Deputy Speaker, as we deal with this Petition, the Committee has already tabled its Report. I indulge you today that the Kenyan people are suffering and from your substantive seat, order that this matter is prioritised. Ask if the Petroleum Products (Taxes and Levies) (Amendment) Bill can be brought to the House for Second Reading on Tuesday or Wednesday next week so that, ultimately, this House can deal with the matter substantially. I do not want to impute improper motives but from the grapevine in this Parliament’s corridors, there are certain forces who do not want this Bill to be discussed. This is a Committee Bill; it is not a Government Bill. I wrote to the Speaker on 13th January 2022. On the first day after we resumed, I asked him about it and he said that the HBC will deal with this matter. So, can you order that as we deal with the Petition, this Petroleum Products (Taxes and Levies) (Amendment) Bill, 2021, that was brought to the House after an outcry in the country, be discussed next week for Second Reading. This Bill will help resolve what the Secretary General of COFEK is saying."
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