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    "id": 1161587,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "You will find they have bought so many cars and painted them blue. Will they change? They have branded everything in blue and red. Will they change back because the county assembly has a law that talks about the colours that it needs to have? All those things need to be done. In this Division of Revenue Bill, I expected a very important thing to be addressed. When you look at the factors, one of them is national interest. National interest at a time like this must factor what is happening globally and will affect us. What is happening in Ukraine and Russia will affect our cost of living and food. Already, 70 per cent of all our wheat and fertiliser comes from that region. We have seen prices going up, and people are suffering. At least, I can speak for my people. They are suffering and no one is talking the language of the common man. For example, cooking oil increased from Kshs250 to Kshs400 and rice fromKshs70 to Kshs120 per kilogramme, as we speak. Bread, even before the crisis creeps in, moved from Kshs45 to Kshs60. Maize flour is another case; from Kshs90 to Kshs110 thereabout, and it keeps going up. In fact, I have discussed with many people who deal with retail and they are saying that in the next two months, our people might revolt because prices are going up. It is a bad time to be an incumbent. They might even go up to almost Kshs600 for that oil. What do you want the common person in Nairobi to do if you cannot cushion them? That is why a good Parliament, you can see how many we are here, at this time, should be talking about Basic Commodity Subsidy Bill on basic commodities. This is not to introduce prices control, but if it goes beyond a certain amount of money for the common mwananchi, the Government should cushion through that Basic Commodities Subsidy law that I would love to sponsor. It is just that when you sponsor something in this House, they say it is a money Bill. That is the most important thing that needs to be addressed. Madam Temporary Speaker, that conflict will affect the trading routes. It is going to affect the fact that farmers themselves do not feel safe enough to go to their farms in that area of the world, and therefore, they are not farming. It is going to affect the fact that farmers themselves do not feel safe enough to go to their farms in that area of the world, and so they are not farming. It is going to affect the potash areas of potassium and what not for fertilizers, is actually under threat. I think that should have been incorporated so that we have a cushion. Madam Temporary Speaker, we have seen the transfer of functions from the Nairobi City County Government to the national Government. I am speaking for my county of Nairobi when I say that we want to see certain functions of the national Government to be transferred to Nairobi. One of them is giving food to our people, especially in schools. The school feeding programme should be transferred to the counties. Many of our children go to schools and have nothing to eat. It is very painful. Sen. Poghisio, you have gone to schools in your county. When you interact with the children and ask them what they want, they will tell you that they want a school bus or balls to play. I remember when I went to a school in Dagoreti North last year, I asked the children what they wanted, and they said that they wanted food. As a parent, I wanted to cry because children have nothing and there is nothing at home. Under the"
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