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    "id": 175441,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/175441/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Muthama",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 96,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Nduya Muthama",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also rise to raise a few points in support of this Motion. It is quite important for us, as leaders, to understand the people we are leading. It is important for us to understand their abilities and capabilities. Today, Kenya has two classes of people. That is not a secret. The reason I say this is because the Government has been forced to come up with two different prices of one commodity. As a leader, I find it extremely difficult to explain to the people I represent why a packet of two-kilogrammes maize flour costs Kshs72, while another one costs Kshs52. If the price difference is in packaging, then it cannot be December 10, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3989 more than 10 per cent of the cost. We all know that 10 per cent of Kshs52 is Kshs5.20. If the difference in the price of the maize flour is based on the packaging material, then the difference will be Kshs5.20. That explanation is understandable. However, when the difference is beyond Kshs20, which is almost a 52 per cent difference--- Kenyans are being cheated. One does not need a professor to explain to them that the maize flour being sold at Kshs52 is of lower quality than the one being sold at Kshs72. If prices of essential commodities were controlled sometimes back, we would not be where we are today. We imported maize from outside. We passed a Supplementary Budget here, allowing the Government to import maize. The maize was brought. However, the prices still remained high. Our people need to be guided. For us to provide good leadership, we need to take care of them. We ought to make them feel comfortable. The cost of food---"
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