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    "id": 175459,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/175459/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kambi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 39,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kazungu Kambi",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also want to join my fellow Members of Parliament in supporting this Motion. It is quite pathetic after Independence for us to suffer these high commodity prices. The reason for fighting for Independence was that we wanted to be free from diseases and hunger. We also wanted to have good education. It is quite pathetic that at this time we are starving and yet after 43 years of Independence we have not moved forward in terms of development. This country largely depends on agriculture. Almost 80 per cent of this economy is agriculture-based. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is quite pathetic for the Government to import maize at Kshs3,400 per bag and then sell it at Kshs2,000 per bag. We should have used the same price to pay our farmers here and they would be producing more maize. The Executive should be told that this is not the time to joke with the public. We made pledges that we were going to lower the high cost of living in this country but that is not happening today. As leaders we are comfortable since we can afford a loaf of bread but some families cannot even put food on their tables. We should reduce the prices of---"
}