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    "id": 54534,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Livestock Development",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. First, I want to confirm here that I am the Assistant Minister for Livestock Development and I am not what hon. C. Kilonzo described, that they do not know. Maybe, that is one of the characteristic of a Grand Coalition Government that we have. I want to state very categorically that we are here to discuss a national issue. As leaders in this country, we need to ventilate and look at the remedies. What can we offer as national leaders? This is going to affect the fabric of our economic independence and the stability of our nation. The key issues that we need to look at are the effects of drought on the agricultural sector that has about Kshs700 billion and contributes about 24 per cent of our national economy. It employs 45 per cent of our rural population. We need to look at the escalating international fuel prices. What is there for the Government? As a country, why are we lacking a policy of national fuel reserves that can last for three months? Countries have done it. The same problem that we are facing today, the US Government faced it two or three years ago. We need, as a country, to have a policy. The Minister for Energy, the Prime Minister, the President and the Cabinet have a sole responsibility to create national food and fuel reserves for 90 days. As a country and as the leadership, we need to look at why the escalating prices affect the transport sector. As I speak, the busfare from Nairobi to Eldoret has gone up from Kshs400 to Kshs700. If you look at our transport or our manufacturing sectors, Kenya is the leader in the East African Community. Is there a way in which we can diversify our energy sector, namely, our source of energy as a country? The World Bank, in its latest report, and I want to quote it, has warned countries that the rising food prices, driven partly by the rising fuel cost, is going to push millions of people into extreme poverty. That is the latest report."
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