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    "content": "Hon. Members, Standing Order No. 225 (2) (b) requires the Speaker to report to the House any petition other than those presented by a Member. Further, Article 119 of the Constitution provides for the right of any person to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority, including petitioning the House to enact, amend or repeal any legislation. In this regard, I wish to report to the House that my office has received a petition from several residents identifying themselves as small-scale farmers led by one Mr. David Caleb Otieno of Postal Office Box No. 2160 Nairobi calling for the repudiation of the entire national debt and its diversion to social service provision. In their petition, Hon. Members, the petitioners aver that the country’s total debt has reached unsustainable levels propelled by, among other reasons, recent pressure from the International Monetary Fund urging the Government to include parastatal and county loans as part of the national debt. The petitioners approximate that the total debt will exceed Ksh12 trillion by June 2022, and decry the conditions and policy restrictions such as retrenchments, increased taxation and liberalisation that are normally attached to external loans and credit facilities. Further, the petitioners are convinced that accumulation of debt drastically reduces public and social spending thereby hampering the Government’s efforts of meeting its constitutional obligations such as healthcare, education, water and sanitation, and housing. Subsequently, the petitioners seek the intervention of this House in securing the repudiation of all national debt which 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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