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    "id": 1169091,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Yesterday, a litre of petrol went up by Kshs9, from Kshs150 to Kshs159 in Nairobi and it varies across the country. It is shocking going by what Sen. Olekina has tabled in the House that NOCK is only allowed to import 30 per cent and 70 per cent goes to private individuals. That is where corruption is coming in. Therefore, it must be addressed. Madam Deputy Speaker, out of curiosity, you know this is the ‘handshake’ Government and Sen. Olekina is a close ally of former Prime Minister, Hon. Raila Odinga. I think these are issues that he should have whispered to his big brother, President Uhuru Kenyatta, to address. That aside, we agree that Kenyans are paining. The cost of living is going fuel is going up, there is the pain at pump, literally. We were told there was Petroleum Levy Fund. We can remember the former Cabinet Secretary (CS) in charge of the Ministry of Energy who later resigned after we censured him as a House because of the skyrocketing prices of fuel. There was issue of Petroleum Development Levy Fund about which we have never been told what happened. Last time when it came to the House, no one told the nation where the Petroleum Development Levy Fund went. There were allegations that it was being used somewhere else. I applaud Sen. Olekina on this issue. I agree with him that in as much as the House is adjourning Sine Die tomorrow, it does not mean that the Committee cannot prosecute this matter. Madam Deputy Speaker, the reason and the wisdom of the drafters of the Constitution that Parliament cannot be dissolved was to ensure that one Parliament exists in perpetuity up to the next one. This is so that in case of challenges that are being faced by Kenyans, such as high cost of living and of fuel, Parliament can still reconvene and ensure that such issues are handled. What Kenyans are seeing in terms of prices of fuel going up; it looks like the problem is the Ministry of Energy and the NOCK. I hope that the necessary agencies and institutions are working so that no one can benefit at the pain of Kenyans. It is very expensive. The sad reality is that as the cost of living and fuel is going up, the salaries of many public servants, both in private and public are not going up. Even the cost of doing business is going up. Therefore, I want to applaud Sen. Olekina for bringing to the attention of the Senate and the Republic of Kenya that there is much more than needs to be done to address and fix. I can assure Sen. Olekina that Kenya Kwanza government is siezed of the matter and God willing if we take over power such issues shall become a thing of the past."
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