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    "id": 1158359,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Shiyonga",
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        "legal_name": "Masitsa Naomi Shiyonga",
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    "content": "Such a challenge is similar to the COVID-19 pandemic and it is usually accompanied by dramatic effects. The fuel crisis has had a dramatic effect on the Government and the citizens of Kenya. I was coming from my rural area to Nairobi and saw people queuing at the petrol station. This shows clearly that we have a problem and this problem needs to be solved by us. We should not play the blame game in this House because we shall not be bringing any solution for anybody. If I have been affected because I cannot fuel my vehicles, what about any other Kenyan who is depending on other means of transport to move from one place to another? This goes a long way, affecting the boda boda sector, which carries majority of the informal employees of the Kenyan population. The fuel shortage is so bad that currently it has greatly impacted negatively on this sector and many others have been affected. The livelihoods of Kenyans have been affected. We should not make political mileage out of the current fuel shortage of fuel. In fact, when we talk about the Deputy President, he is the Deputy Principal of the President and we should not point a finger only at the President. As a Deputy President he should be part and parcel of the solution to what is affecting Kenyans right now unless he declared his position vacant. We need to come collectively and work on the best solution for Kenyans when it comes to fuel shortage. The Deputy President - and I am sorry to discuss an individual, but he is the Deputy President of Kenya - was in office when we discovered oil in Tullow and the oil in Turkana, and he is still in office. He should have come up with strategies on how we can utilize our fuel unlike what we are experiencing now. He should have informed the Government on what else can be done to prevent this shortage. It is high time Kenyans knew that people campaigning right now need not take advantage of the fuel shortage in Kenya and point a finger at the President as if they do not belong to this country. It is wise thinking for any leader who stands on the pulpit to give a solution to Kenyans. Kenyans are suffering; my brothers in the boda boda sector are suffering. We need to discuss solutions and not blame each other, especially during this time of fuel shortage. This fuel shortage is also affecting the farmers. This is a planting season and farmers are having a problem. Fuel shortage is actually affecting any commodity that requires transportation. I want to urge the Members of this House that we should look for solutions that will heal Kenyans instead of pointing fingers at one individual; that he is the one who has done all this. We have Cabinet secretaries, Principal Secretaries and sectors that handle the issue of fuel. Let them come up with solutions for Kenyans and not wait for Kenyans to cry and die poor while they are enjoying the use of Government vehicles. They are driving in Government vehicles that are fueled by Kenyans’ taxes and we are suffering here making legislations that cannot even help. I want to urge that we should discuss soberly. Let us grow Kenya and not bring Kenyans to a dead end. Madam Temporary Speaker, I support the Motion. Let us look for solutions and not blame. I thank you."
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