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"speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, as a learned senior, you know better. How can a magistrate prosecute a matter where the evidence is elsewhere? These are things that the Committee should relook at and recommend accordingly. The ever-rising cost of fuel in the country has significantly led to the rising cost of living. We have seen demonstrations across the country. People assume that it is only in North Eastern, Turkana and other areas like Upper Eastern where people are suffering from hunger. In fact, it is worse in Nairobi. Many people in the slums, the urban poor, cannot afford a meal. Majority of the people in this city are going hungry because of the cost of living. For example, the cost of bread, cooking oil and fuel prices have gone up. It is not interesting to see people in Nairobi walking to their work stations because they cannot afford transport from where they are coming from. It shows that the cost of fuel has continued to affect the cost of living. If the cost of fuel goes up, the matatus have no option, but to raise the fare. It is a fallacy of life because people are not walking to work because they like it. It is because"
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