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    "id": 1037350,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mutunga",
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        "legal_name": "John Kanyuithia Mutunga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I belong to the Budget and Appropriations Committee and I would like to defend my Chair on only one issue – the fact that he actually came out very strongly yesterday before the Cabinet Secretary on issues of this House. He brought out our matters to the Cabinet Secretary very articulately. I believe the Cabinet Secretary promised to do something about it before the middle of this month. Having said that, there are issues that this House needs to be very careful about. Every year we pass a Budget with a huge deficit. Every year, we do so consciously as a House. We always tell the Government to borrow. We are the ones who pass it. Something needs to be done. We need to be conscious of what is happening in this country because if this country does not borrow, we cannot implement a single development project. If you look at the amount of revenue we generate, it is barely enough to pay the debts and salaries. We have to borrow. It is an issue that we have to discuss as a House and make a very serious decision about."
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