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    "id": 54581,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 192,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you know any time I stand here people are afraid and the guilty are more afraid. As a non-oil producing nation we must have a policy so that we can cushion our people. If today Kenya were to go to war, without any strategic reserves, to defend our citizens, we would be a lost nation. I tend to agree with Mr. C. Kilonzo, and I belong to this Government, that if we had no plan to rescue our people, our people are hungry. They are suffering because the Government has no plan. Why do you increase oil by Kshs10 and you expect people to survive? I commend the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance for what he did although the reduction was very minimal. Who is in charge of increasing this fuel? Is it not the Government? Who gives them authority? This is a problem of leadership. I pray that this country should never have a Coalition Government because we are stuck. Nobody can make a decision. Our people from North Eastern Province are dying because of hunger. They are dying because of hunger and because of the high prices of food. They cannot afford to buy maize meal, paraffin and fuel. In fact, sooner than later, we will become a walking nation. I hope our people will not be arrested like it is happening somewhere else where people are being arrested because of walking to their places of work. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other very important thing is that when we come here as lawmakers we should leave politics aside. We should look at issues of national interest and critically address them. We do not have to bring politics in an issue like this. We need to say at the end of this debate, how much the Government will cushion the citizens of this country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think that is the best way we can help this country. We cannot just debate and leave it hanging. This Parliament must pass that the Government will reduce so much for food and fuel. We cannot just sit here and debate and leave it hanging. With those few remarks, I support."
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