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    "id": 36150,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/36150/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Namwamba",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I currently chair a Select Committee of this House that has been looking into this matter of the high cost of living. We have taken time, as a Committee of this House, to investigate these matters at length. We did convene meetings with industry players in the energy sector, including the Minister for Energy, his Permanent Secretary and all the key parastatals under this Ministry, including the National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK), the Kenya Pipeline Company and the Kenya Petroleum Refineries in Mombasa. What we have already noticed at a very preliminary stage is that there is a fundamental problem affecting the energy sector. Unless we take some remedial measures, and some of them are going to be long-term and some short-term, the cost of fuel in this country can only go higher. The Committee on the Cost of Living is still conducting its business, but in view of the urgency of this matter, and appreciating that the issues involved cannot wait until this Committee concludes its work, the Committee did prepare a preliminary Report which"
}