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    "id": 1241077,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Many companies want to be paid because they gave fuel subsidies. That process was abused. Mr. Speaker, Sir, for any sane and economic person, the fuel and unga subsidy should be removed because it was not sustainable. It behooves all of us that we cannot survive on subsidies. We better subsidize production over consumption. For example, if you talk about food security, we better give farmers in Nyamira subsidized fertilizer to produce more bananas to be consumed in Nairobi as opposed to giving us unga that is subsidized. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with all due respect, this Statement by Sen. Kibwana is not proper. Yes, the Committee will dispense with the matter. However, in my own opinion, fuel subsidy was abused. The international economists and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have said that we cannot live on subsidies. It is like living on fuliza ; you cannot live on fuliza forever . I would have wished to listen to the comments of Sen. Kibwana when the Finance Bill comes before the Floor of the House. We need to raise our local revenue. If we do not raise it, then we borrow more. If we borrow more, the country will be sold rejareja like mitumba in some markets. We do not want to buy a loaf of bread at Kshs100 because our currency has been devalued. Sen. Kibwana is doing very well in many things. However, on this one, I beg to disagree because fuel subsidies has been abused. The Government, under President William Ruto, has done very well by removing any form of subsidies and cutting down the budget. I hate to reply to these things because I have seen our colleagues from the other side of the isle in ‘disco matangas ’ I am told it is ‘disco matanga .’ My younger brother, Sen. Chimera, is in a better place to describe how ‘disco matanga ’, birthday parties or baby showers happens. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in conclusion, we need to be honest to the country. There is misnomer that county’s money was slashed. The new Members many not know that in the Financial Year 2021/2022, we fought here. I remember Sen. Faki and Sen. Omogeni were here. We fought and gave counties Kshs370 billion. We have fought for an increment of an additional Kshs15.3 billion. That is Kshs385 billion. Counties will get conditional grant of Kshs44 billion. Therefore, counties will get Kshs429 billion in both equitable sharable revenue and in conditional grant. I know when politicians see microphones and media, they decide to be excited simply because they want to please the crowd. However, let us be honest."
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