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    "id": 48088,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/48088/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Yinda",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Edwin Ochieng Yinda",
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    "content": "If we do not check it, Kenyan can easily go the Egypt way or the Syria way because all the problems in this country are as a result of the high cost of living. The poor people in this country have been reduced to beggars. This is what happens in this country. There is a lot of wastage in this Government. When you look at procurement, those officers who are charged with carrying out procurement go out of their way to ensure that the cost of items they procure are inflated to high levels, but they cover that under the procurement rules. There are instances where up to Kshs1 billion or Kshs2 billion could be saved in procurement, but this goes uncovered simply because of the cartels which must be beaten. I want to go give the military as an example. The expenditure within the military could easily be reduced and especially if priorities are looked into. However, most times, we go into procurement depending on personal interests and not the national interest. This is an area where we could save money. The cartel in the energy sector, especially with regard to petroleum, most of the oil marketers when they have fuel--- Right now, we know that there is enough fuel in the country and yet they are not releasing the fuel simply because they are hoping that within the next few days, the prices will go up and so they can make a killing. These kind of people are actually economic saboteurs. I know a lot of countries where people like this are lined up and shot dead. This is because they are killing people! I do not see why we should stand here and look beautiful and leave a lot of people to kill Kenyans. Everyday people are dying because of hunger and diseases. When a family feeds on a cat, you do not even know what that cat ate. Maybe within the next few weeks we will be hearing families dying in these camps as a result of strange diseases. All this is because of the food that they are eating."
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