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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Buuri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I was waiting for this Report like any other Member of Parliament. My congratulatory note goes to the Chairman and the Committee for taking a bold step to start an inquiry. This issue of subsidy has been used by both political divides. We were looking for explanations about the subsidy because we were told that unga prices will come down to Ksh100. We were waiting for that, but we never saw it. When we joined the Government, we said that we will bring the prices of unga down, which we are doing. However, time has come to call a spade a spade. This is not about the Kenya Kwanza Government; it is about Kenyans. The idea which the Whip of the Minority Party is purporting was a good idea to me. I see it as a business decision of organised criminal elements. They sat together and found out the best way of lying to Kenyans is to propagate introduction of the subsidy. If there is a case for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) study, then it is this one. It is very unfortunate that the people criticising the Government for corruption and insensitivity are the same people who perpetuated this programme. It is very unfortunate indeed. We all know it. I will agree that there is some data which is missing from this Report. The Committee only looked at and focused on the good suppliers and millers. That is what they are telling us to approve. The Chairperson should give us a list of the good millers as an addendum for the Ksh5 billion owed to them. The Committee should also give us the list of the bad millers that they identified for us to blacklist them. I do not agree with what has been said that some of these millers stopped manufacturing and are suffering now. They enjoyed eating taxpayers’ money so this is their time to pay back; to be named and to be blacklisted. They have to face the consequences. We should not shy away from that. This Government is doing everything to make sure that there is 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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