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    "id": 36144,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Shakeel",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
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    "content": "this country use one car per person, but even in Europe and America, the Government has stated that cars should not be driven empty and people should share. Then they put congestion charges to make sure that we do not waste a lot of money in traffic jams. Yesterday, I was in a traffic jam for two and half hours. Imagine how much petrol I used. These price controls must be there. It must work and the “I do not care” attitude of the Government and others must change, whether we go back to price controls or whatever you want to call it, we must do that. It is better we be at the same level. The rich will remain rich but they cannot be rich at the cost of people dying. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for us and the constituency I come from, for a person to get Kshs5 is a matter of life and death. As I said, there is a Minister who said that for Kshs2, 000 he can only have lunch. I think that is the situation on the ground. We also need to make sure that the cost of paraffin is lower than Kshs80 per litre. In other countries, there is something called green diesel and green petrol. They put a colour on petrol which is used only for agriculture and for certain reasons only. I am just giving possibilities that the Government can look at. In Nigeria, at one time they said that vehicles with a certain registration number will come in on a given day, and on another day another registration number will come in. I think these are ways that we can use to regulate the use of fuel. The only way to make sure that this monopoly of fuel providers reduces is by reducing our consumption. I think the Government must put its foot down and say: “We will not buy fuel at this price”. Subsidy is a very important element in this thing. Finally, I suggest that many of us use bicycles."
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