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    "id": 1169121,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1169121/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank Sen. Olekina for bringing up this issue. As he has rightfully said, this could be the highest fuel prices we are experiencing in this country. If you look at what actually constitutes the fuel price, about 50 per cent could be the taxes we are charging. When the landing price increases, any sensitive Government should do something about the taxes. In our case, nothing is being done about the taxes. The only explanation we are given is that there is an increase in the landing price, which is 50 per cent of the price. You then find taxes such as the excise duty and road maintenance levy. There is also the petroleum development levy, which we are told is supposed to cushion us against this kind of increases in prices. Madam Deputy Speaker, I support this Statement on an issue of national importance. In this kind of a situation, I would like to urge the Energy and Petroleum Authority (EPRA) not to increase prices, but to see how they can use the Petroleum Development Levy (PDF) in order to always stand with cushioning Kenyans instead of giving us price increments wherever there is increase in landing prices. That can take care of Kenyans of all walks of life."
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