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    "id": 1158269,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to add my thoughts to this Motion. The issue of fuel prices is of great concern to everyone in this country especially now as things have come to a halt. Everything is going slow in terms of trade and business. There is need to investigate what is happening. We are told that traders and petroleum marketers hoard petroleum simply because they are taking advantage of the opportunity. They are even flouting the Energy Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) Act of 2019 which states that price beyond what is stipulated attracts a fine. At the moment business people are taking advantage of the situation. However, I am grateful to the Government for the intervention it has made by injecting Kshs8.2 Billion. Things are starting to sober up. I thank the President for that intervention. I hope that by the end of the week, things will have normalized. Such a crisis in fuel should not happen again because petroleum acts as a catalyst in very many things. Madam Temporary Speaker, I also want to comment on the issue of colleagues who are trying to politicize this issue of petroleum. The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) has nothing to do with petroleum. This is a House of reason where we look at issues in a logical and sober manner. The issue of politics should not be brought in here. I hope that the committee responsible will looking into this issue critically. The Auditor- General also has a Constitutional role to come on board to investigate why there is crisis so that if there is any issue that needs to be averted it is in good time. Those are my noble thoughts. I thank you."
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