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    "id": 1319596,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1319596/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kanduyi, FORD–K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Makali",
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    "content": "that savings of Kenyans through the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) are safeguarded. Money remitted to the NSSF has been siphoned in the past. That is not a good thing in terms of the implementation of the Bottom-Up Economic Agenda. The President’s Speech did not mention how we will ensure that each part of the country is connected to electricity. I know of the Rural Electrification Programme, but 90 per cent of my constituency is yet to be connected to electricity. We will put in determinate steps moving forward to ensure that the Rural Electrification Programme extends to all parts of the country, especially my constituency. The high cost of living remains the elephant in the room. Each side of the House acknowledges that Kenyans are suffering due to the high cost of living. The President equally acknowledged as much in his Speech. He said that we need to take determinate and affirmative steps to bring down the cost of living. I know that we have reduced fertiliser prices, but we still need to ensure that fuel prices go down. We will continue singing the song to reduce the high cost of living to no avail if we do not bring down fuel prices in the country. We should take determinate steps to ensure that we bring down the high cost of living because Kenyans are hurting. We must ensure that we listen to our people and bring down the high cost of living as a Parliament, which serves for the welfare of society and the just Government of the people."
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