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    "id": 1076237,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1076237/?format=api",
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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": "When it comes to public debt, the main reason it increases is because we over-budget. We budget for debt. In this country, we collect revenue of about Ksh1.7 trillion, but the budget is in the region of Ksh3 trillion. So, we budget to borrow money. At the end of the day, we have a budget deficit of more than Ksh1.2 trillion. If that is the case, how do you tell government not to borrow if they deliberately budget to borrow and we pass such a report in this House? Can we sometimes not be sensible and say we need to cut down on cost? We need to identify areas that we can do without and only incorporate areas that will probably help us to come up with a logical budget. There are many issues this Report cites, which are real and we live with every day but which we do very little about. When shall we wake up to reality and do the right thing as a House and as a nation so that we are able to take this country where it is supposed to be? The priorities are wrong. Allocation of resources is wrong. The processes and many other things are wrong. When shall we correct these wrongs so that we may move forward as a nation? When such a report comes out, what actions are going to be taken? Is it just going to come to this House, propose for adoption and that is the end of the story? There is a lot that needs to be done. And we need to consciously ask ourselves these questions."
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