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    "id": 1216916,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kuria Kimani",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Today, I had a rough time contributing and, unfortunately, he is from my county. He is my Chair in the Nakuru Caucus and, therefore, I have to be careful in what I say. I was speaking to the issue of subsidies. Despite the money being made available for subsidising maize flour, we were not able to bring down the cost of maize flour. If you have to subsidise consumption, then there must be clear known stakeholders there. When we give this money to millers, how do we know the amount of maize they had in their silos? Would we trust the information that they are going to tell us on the number of tonnes of maize? How about the maize flour that was already in distribution and that was already in retail shops in a shop in Mukinyai, Elburgon or wherever it is? The whole model of thinking that for you to bring the cost of maize down was to subsidise consumption through giving money to millers was ill informed, wrong and is a very bad economic practice. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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