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    "id": 36220,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Nuh",
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        "legal_name": "Nuh Nassir Abdi",
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    "content": "convince me that this Motion is bad but so far they have not been able to convince me. I am inclined more to listen to the realities of this country that the current oil prices are unsustainable for almost 90 per cent of Kenyans. If the Ministry of Energy could tell us the concrete measures that it has already put in place, at least, to guarantee Kenyans that fuel pump prices will come down in the next two days, one week or one month, we would have been convinced that this Motion is untimely and we would have given the Government side the benefit of the doubt. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the last six months, the skyrocketing of fuel prices has been a reality in this country. We have given all doubt and time to the Government to see that, at least, something is done. When NOCK was established, it was supposed to put a cap on fuel prices and, at least to ensure that Kenyans are cushioned when it comes to market prices for fuel but that has not happened. We have talked about the reduction of taxes again and this has only been carried out to the benefit of marketers and cartels. It has been brought to the attention of the Ministry that there are oil marketers who have turned the market into a cartel and are not ready to accept any losses at any time. They are ready to transfer all the losses all the time to the consumers who are the poor Kenyans who are suffering. If NOCK cannot sustain the fuel pump prices at an acceptable level which consumers can afford; if the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is not in a position to do the same, what are we to expect? This is the only time, out of desperation that we have to take desperate measures. This is because desperate measures call for desperate actions. This is the time the Government has to bite the bullet. They have to give Kenyans the subsidy so that they can afford the market prices. This is because the market prices of fuel resonate within other markets in terms of food, transport, transfers and cost of living. If the Government can cap on the fuel prices, as Kenyans, we will be assured that we will afford food, school fees and many other things. Because the Government side has not been able to convince us, we are more convinced with the Mover of the Motion and I wish to support the Motion."
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