HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, POST, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept
{
"count": 1608389,
"next": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=api&page=150682",
"previous": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=api&page=150680",
"results": [
{
"id": 1525002,
"url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1525002/?format=api",
"text_counter": 939,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
"speaker_title": "The Temporary Speaker",
"speaker": null,
"content": " Thank you. Member for Funyula."
},
{
"id": 1525003,
"url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1525003/?format=api",
"text_counter": 940,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
"speaker": null,
"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As it is required by the Constitution of Kenya and the Public Finance Management Act, at the commencement of any financial year, the National Treasury must present a Public Debt Management Strategy to the House. The only concern and fear that we have always had is that many a time the Strategy that is always presented in this House might end up just being an empty ritual. It is a matter to placate the provisions of the law and making Kenyans believe that the Government is serious about managing debt. This has never been the case. How does debt arise? It is very simple. You budget what you want to spend, look at the revenues that you can collect, and you borrow the deficit. It, therefore, means that as a country, we are living beyond our means. If our revenue threshold is at this level, we should make all attempts to undertake programmes and projects that are within our means. In the private sector, debt is always cheaper than equity, but in the public sector, it is the reverse. Debt is more 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."
},
{
"id": 1525004,
"url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1525004/?format=api",
"text_counter": 941,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
"speaker": null,
"content": "expensive than locally generated revenue. So, if you look at the Report presented by the Liaison Committee under paragraph 8, it reads: “A review of the implementation of medium-term management strategies since the year 2020 revealed that there has been a consistent deviation from the approved debt management strategy in the actual borrowing.” So, that means two things. One, the Treasury mandarins bring documents to this House for the sake of complying with the law. Secondly, they deliberately mislead the House, knowing that they are unlikely to achieve anything, so that they can benefit some local banks and international lenders for their own personal needs. Therefore, the country suffers due to incompetence, ineptitude or basic greed of the people who are in charge at the Department. In the 2023/2024 Financial Year, the actual ratio..."
},
{
"id": 1525005,
"url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1525005/?format=api",
"text_counter": 942,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
"speaker": null,
"content": " On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
},
{
"id": 1525006,
"url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1525006/?format=api",
"text_counter": 943,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
"speaker_title": "The Temporary Speaker",
"speaker": null,
"content": " Hon Melly, the Member of Funyula is making his point. What is out of order?"
},
{
"id": 1525007,
"url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1525007/?format=api",
"text_counter": 944,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
"speaker": null,
"content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, when Hon. Melly was speaking, I did not interrupt him. He said very many things and I did not add…"
},
{
"id": 1525008,
"url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1525008/?format=api",
"text_counter": 945,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
"speaker_title": "The Temporary Speaker",
"speaker": null,
"content": " Order!"
},
{
"id": 1525009,
"url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1525009/?format=api",
"text_counter": 946,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
"speaker": null,
"content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Member for Funyula is completely out of order in this sense. It is a fact that this paper has been prepared adequately. We gave timelines that the National Treasury was supposed to adhere to what we said as the Liaison Committee on the Medium-Term Debt Strategy. The Member is saying they are lies and that it is for the sake of the others interests, yet we are waiting to see if the National Treasury will not comply with it."
},
{
"id": 1525010,
"url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1525010/?format=api",
"text_counter": 947,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
"speaker_title": "The Temporary Speaker",
"speaker": null,
"content": " What is out of order?"
},
{
"id": 1525011,
"url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1525011/?format=api",
"text_counter": 948,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
"speaker": null,
"content": " He is out of order because he is giving false lies that this paper is for the sake of the donors."
}
]
}