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"content": "(viii) Interrogate the cost of staple food crops in the country, the ability of Kenyans, especially the under-privileged to afford basic foodstuffs and any existing measures to ensure all people have access to food. (ix) Establish the country’s state of preparedness to handle severe food shortages caused by among others famine and disruptions in the production and supply chain. (x) Quantify the cost of running the Government and the savings expected from any austerity measures that may be considered to reduce avoidable State expenditure. (xi) Establish the relationship between unemployment, the wage levels and the living standards of Kenyans. (xii) Examine institutional capacities and synergies for shielding Kenyans from vagaries like fluctuations in international oil prices, drought and interruptions in the food and oil supply chains. (xiii) Explore legal and policy options necessary to address the challenges identified, including the cost of energy, cost of food, public expenditure as well as institutional capacities and synergies. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important to note that from the terms of reference that I have just read, this really was an extensive work by the Committee. The Committee held a total of 50 sittings within and outside the precincts of Parliament to establish the factors causing the high cost of living. Internal meetings were held in Parliament with Government officials from relevant line Ministries, public policy research bodies and experts in various fields. The Committee also visited various parts of Kenya on fact finding missions and to conduct hearings with members of the public targeting communities, groups and players in specific areas of socio-economic concern. The meetings were meant to enable the Committee get area and sector specific first hand information in order to understand how each one of them was uniquely contributing to or affected by the rise in inflation and high cost of living. Overall, the Committee met stakeholders from all the key sectors of the country’s economy and specifically, those directly relevant to the wider mandate of the Committee. The Committee specifically held meetings with the following persons, institutions and companies:- Minister for Energy, the PS in that Ministry, Director-General of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), Managing Director, Kenya Petroleum Refineries, Managing Director, National Oil Corporation of Kenya, Managing Director, Kenya Pipeline Corporation, Governor Central Bank of Kenya, Commissioner-General, Kenya Revenue Authority, top management of oil marketers, including Kenol-Kobil, Shell, Oil Libya and Gulf Oil. Chief Executive Officer, Petroleum Institute of East Africa, Managing Director, National Cereals and Produce Board, Management of the Kenya Seed Company Limited, Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Kitale, Provincial Commissioner, Nyanza and Regional Commissioners in Nyanza. The Committee also met Regional Commissioner, North Rift, Branch Manager, Unga Limited, Managing Director, United Millers Kisumu, Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Economic Affairs, Chairman, Secretary and CEO of the Consumer Federation of Kenya, Board of Directors, Mombasa Maize Millers, Chairman and Trustees of the Kenya Transport Association, the Managing Director of Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), Minister for Agriculture, Minister for Finance, Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Public Service, PS in the Office of the Prime"
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