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    "id": 250422,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/250422/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Metito",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 199,
        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to support this important Motion which has come at the right time. Two days ago when we were marking Labour Day, the President appealed to multinational oil companies to bring down fuel prices. I want to thank hon. Ojode for bringing this Motion, which can be described as a Motion for the disadvantaged. As we all know, the price of fuel determines the prices of all commodities, be it foodstuff or farm inputs. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also know that the energy sector has been liberalised. It is because of this liberalisation that we are having this problem of inflated fuel prices. Liberalisation has its own disadvantages. It always tries to widen the gap between the rich and the poor. It is a practice in which only the rich benefit. The Government should always come in. The transfer of this Kshs2 can actually be spread. If the Government feels it will lose revenue, I would suggest that the Kshs2 that the Motion is trying to urge the House to reduce, can be transferred to either cigarettes or beer, and the Government will still collect the revenue. So, I would suggest to the Minister for Finance to consider that. He can even transfer, say, Ksh1 to cigarettes and the other to beer and raise the same amount of money he had budgeted for."
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