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    "id": 1169102,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Shiyonga",
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        "legal_name": "Masitsa Naomi Shiyonga",
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    "content": "Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute on this Statement by Sen. Olekina on the management of the petroleum sector especially concerning the price of fuel in Kenya. I totally agree with Sen. Olekina’s sentiments in the Statement. Like other Kenyans, I am also a concerned citizen because the price of fuel, which was increased just the other day, has been increased again. I do not know why the Government and the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum have closed circuit and is not opening up to tell us what is really happening. We have an able Ministry, which can run and tell Kenyans exactly what is happening despite the fact that it can regulate and make the petroleum fuel levy adjustable. We know that when fuel goes up, the standard of living is affected and the price of every commodity goes up. Anything to do with petroleum goes up. This affects lives not only of the rich, but also the poor suffer more. We are striving to have a developed country. The Nairobi Expressway has been built. If this expressway will be empty because all the vehicles are at home, they do not have fuel, then what is the need of us developing one part of the country and leaving the other? Madam Deputy Speaker, we have enough fuel, which was discovered in Turkana by the Ministry. The Ministry has also gone silent on the same. This fuel as well as the product of the petroleum can be refined and everything can be able to accommodate Kenyans. It is by luck that God gave us this petroleum to be found in Turkana, so that some of us can open our eyes and ensure that this fuel assists Kenyans other than importing the fuel that we are always depending on. It is unfortunate to see the price of fuel go up by Kshs9 and yet, the salaries of Kenyans are not increasing and their livelihoods are going down. You can see everyone is being affected. That old lady in the slum or in the village cannot even afford kerosene. Half of the Kenyan population depends on kerosene, which is a by-product of fuel. Madam Deputy Speaker, as a county, we are being unfair as a country. The Ministry concerned is being totally unfair to Kenyans by not controlling the price of this product. I want to finish by saying that my president who is coming on board, Hon. Raila Amollo Odinga, I know you are listening wherever you are: The first thing in 100 days that you should ensure is to let this fuel price go down as it used to be when we had the “ nusu mkate ” Government. You used to control a lot of things. I know when you will become the president--- You are a president already although there is a President in place, but you are the incoming president."
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