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    "id": 1231643,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have read the Statement by Sen. Onyonka, that there is economic crisis in the country. That is far from the truth because the economy is doing very well. Sen. Onyonka should call for audit of this because he is going the direction of public debt. With the increase of Finance Bill in the previous Parliament, Sen. Wambua, five others and I refused the raising of the debt ceiling. If there is any crisis, it is from the previous administration where Sen. Onyonka is a very good friend to a number of principals. There is no economic crisis. As you are aware, the fuel import has just landed in the country. The price of unga is coming down to around Kshs150 from Kshs230, where our brothers who left office left at. I heard the Senator for Nairobi City County saying they want it at Kshs100. As farmers, we cannot sell a 90-kilogramme bag of maize at less than Kshs7,000 to Kshs10,000. The previous regime bought maize fertilizer at Kshs7,000 to Kshs8,000. So, we must sell at the same price. The Government is intervening. They should tell us which crisis they are talking about. The Government is also providing subsidised fertilizer, which is assisting in subsidizing production over consumption. This will lower the price of food and ease the cost of living. Finally, Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the issue of---"
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