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    "id": 1142259,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1142259/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Indeed, this is a very important Petition. It is in the right place, as per Article 119 of the Constitution. Fuel contributes a very high percentage in driving the economy and contributing to inflation in this country. Mr. Mutoro, the Chair of the Consumers Federation of Kenya, whom I went to school with at the Friends School Kamusinga, is purely right. Parliament has a right to look into this matter because of national importance. Article 35 of the Constitution is clear that Kenyans have the right to information. We have seen prices of fuel going up but Kenyans do not realise that levies and taxes contribute to almost 60 per cent of the prices of this fuel. If something can be done, maybe Parliament should do something so that prices can be affordable to drive this economy. Whether you go to the upper class or the lower class, fuel is standard. It cuts across. When it comes to matters of the open tender system, it is something that has really been abused. We agree that we should know the directors of those respective companies that have been winning these tenders. There always is a conspiracy, particularly when it comes to the open tender system, from the section of the people who are benefiting. We passed a law in this Parliament that 30 per cent of the business should go to the youth. So, we want to go further—not just knowing the directors but also their ages and gender. This is for purposes of verification, to know these businesses and who wins the tenders. Are they young people as stipulated in the procurement law that we passed here? Do we have women getting business or the business benefits some specific class that has connections? So, I call upon the Departmental Committee on Energy to move with speed and table a Report that can move us forward in as far as prices of fuel are concerned."
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