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    "id": 102567,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/102567/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ngugi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 112,
        "legal_name": "David Mwaniki Ngugi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir for giving me a chance to also support this Budget and also congratulate the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, because I know it is not an easy job. Having said that, I have looked at this Budget and I have a few concerns. One of my concerns is that you cannot run a country when you are borrowing. We have borrowed heavily in this Budget and unless we have a Budget that is self-sustaining, we will go on mortgaging this country for a long time. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Budget only favours the business community but for us from Central Province who sell milk on which taxes would have come, there was nothing for us. Just a few months ago, we were pouring milk and yet in this Budget, there was nothing to address this problem or that of potatoes and cabbages. If this Budget had addressed the issue of milk, then the Minister for Finance would have got a lot of taxes from the sales we would have made. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think it is high time that we saw a Budget that favours most people as opposed to a few people. The business community is able to go to the banks and borrow money and do their businesses but the farmers need a lot of support. We need to resuscitate our farming institutions. A lot of research stations like the one in Njabini are lying idle. If we did this, then we would be able to get more taxes from this end. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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