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    "id": 1376409,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, under Standing Order No.105, we should not make statements that may be misleading to the public. We have heard it being said repeatedly by my good friend, Senior Counsel, that this report does not address the issue of the cost of living. However, if you go to page 133 all the way to 144, the report has comprehensively addressed issues dealing with the cost of living. We have even given a basis on what has led to the high cost of living. We have made a proposal in the report on page 144 that the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for National Treasury and Economic Planning should enhance the cash transfer to older persons and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). Madam Temporary Speaker, we have made a proposal that from February of this year the National Treasury should sit to review the tax policy with a view of reducing the tax burden on Kenyans, which we diagnosed as the main cause of the high rise of the cost of living. We have even made proposals on how farmers should be supported. We have made proposals that there should be a food programme to schools so that we address the issue of the cost of living on Kenyans. Is the Senator for Kisumu in order to mislead the public that this committee has not addressed the issue of the cost of living whereas as I have pointed out that it addressed it comprehensively? The people in Nyamira are waiting for money for the old people to be enhanced to Kshs10,000."
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