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    "id": 1056552,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1056552/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dadaab, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mohamed Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Dahir Duale",
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    "content": "I want to speak on the issue of public debt. One of the biggest problems we have in our country today is that our revenue base is dependent on tax and we are not generating enough to cover for what we need. We have been borrowing money to cover our recurrent expenditures. We must try to see in a very innovative way through this House and other policies, how we can create more money in the pockets of Kenyans. Today, one of the challenges that every Member is aware of right now is, wherever you come from, there is the issue of unemployment and lack of income from many households and this means we are not going to get tax. On that aspect alone, I wonder why the BBI is talking of allocating more money, that is, 35 per cent to the county government, when right now we are not able to fund the 2.5 per cent to the NG-CDF. The current county governments do not get their allocations on time. These are some of the issues that we have to be very realistic and consider."
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