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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Nyasuna",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, apart from just the cost of food, we are also facing a very serious shortage of water. A Kenyan living in the current economy does not know what to spend their money on. Are you going to buy unga or water which many Kenyans especially in urban areas and even in rural areas have to now buy very expensively? The other day when the Right Honourable Raila Odinga spoke about capping rent, he got a rebuttal from the Deputy President saying that “Nyumba si yako. Wewe hujaijenga . Wewe hujui rent utaweka namna gani .” But we need to look at a place where as a Parliament we can have policy around rents and managing of rents and how often people can increase rents. If you ask any regular Nairobian, they will tell you that their landlord will come to their door after six months and tell them that rent imeongezeka and is increasing from Kshs5000 to Kshs10000 without any regulation. This Parliament does not know how often rents are supposed to be increased and what manages and controls rent. When we proposed to do that, it is turned into a mockery by a Government that is completely insensitive to the plight of its citizens. Even as this cost is so high, the 1 million jobs per year that were promised to Kenyans are not coming. What I would like to say to Kenyans is that they are staring in the face of mockery from a Government that has made promises that it cannot fulfil; A Government whose time to go home is here and nigh. What should we do in the immediate? When the Budget was read, we spoke about zero- rating of maize and its products. With regard to supply of maize, corn flour, wheat, maize-meal The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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