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    "id": 1133868,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1133868/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "President would have gone further and highlighted on the issues of drought. This is because drought has been declared a national disaster. What has the Government done? What mechanisms has the Government put in place to mitigate drought? That was actually missing. I saw the comparison of figures and I do not understand why the President would even compare the current Kenya to the colonial days. I did not know the significance unless there was something that we need to analyse to see the value that the colonial time is adding. I want to agree with my colleagues that it is possible for you to increase the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) but what about the public debt? Every Kenyan is born with a burden on their head. When President Mwai Kibaki took over power in 2002, he came up with the Economic Recovery Strategy (ERS) and from that point, there was wealth creation and employment. The ERS transformed to the Vision 2030. When Kibaki was in power, the percentage of the GDP to the public debt was 48 per cent. As we speak now, the percentage of the public debt to the GDP is at over 80 per cent. The borrowing has gone up and we were forced to increase the ceiling. Therefore, as you say you have increased the GDP, you have also increased the public debt and the net effect is zero. We need to evaluate these figures. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we also expected His Excellency the President to pronounce himself on matters of the General Election. It is very critical. As we speak now, we have a new monster called the Multi-Sectoral Election Preparedness Committee interfering with the independence of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). We salute Chebukati, Chairman of the IEBC for pulling out of that. This is because it affects the independence of the IEBC. Kenyans want peaceful elections and they are going to be free, fair and credible. In 2017, a similar technical committee was in place and the High Court pronounced itself that it was…"
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