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    "content": "strongly this timely Bill which is really for all of us. This Bill is for Kenyans because it is going to touch on the lives of the most vulnerable groups in the society. I would like to congratulate Eng. Maina for bringing forth this Bill. I see it as a form of social security. I see, in this Bill, the Government taking responsibility for its people. Poverty has also got a woman’s face. We know research has clearly shown that the world’s poorest are women. So putting price controls on these commodities will touch especially on women given their responsibility of care giving which includes provision of food. As we have been told about the market place and the market economy and so on, all those terminologies sound very good, but at the end of the day, we must take care of our people. There is nothing that beats hunger. If you want people to riot, then let them go hungry. We have been told that. We really want this Government to look at that and borrow from other democracies that have been cushioning the impact of prices on its people. We want this Government to support the poor and check unscrupulous entrepreneurs who always want prices of commodities to skyrocket. I see this Bill addressing the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) which is aimed at fighting poverty. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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