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    "speaker_name": "Eng. Maina",
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        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "them that opportunity. There is no winner or loser. We are all Kenyans and even our brothers and sisters who might have been on the other side, we should encourage them. Today, it was reported that the Price Control Bill which was overwhelmingly passed by this Parliament was not assented to. I believe His Excellency would have wished to see a price regulation law in this country. The so-called policies that may be quoted should never be used as an excuse to deny Kenyans justice or this House its rightful authority. There is an outcry in this country because the ordinary people cannot make their ends meet. When this House resumes from the recess, the same Bill will be coming. I believe this House will again, responsibly, perform its role and support the Bill in accordance with the regulations and have it put in place. This Government has a duty to come up with anything that it believes is better than just saying that this and this are not good things and then folding its arms. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, looking at the population census for the area that I come from, it is a bit strange and surprising that the population of our people is slowing down. The growth of population is slowing down in Central Kenya. I wish, as a leader, to call upon all our leaders to look into this matter. We are growing at the rate of about 1.6 per cent while the rest of Kenya is growing at the rate of 3 per cent. Numbers matter in this country in sharing of anything. Surely, I am not saying that we overdo things, but we must increase our population. Surely, I am not saying that we add anything, but our coffee farming in the central region should be supported as a way of uplifting economic development."
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