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    "id": 1134116,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1134116/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "revenue collected is going to debt service. The first charge on our public resources goes to debt service. We are left with only 30 per cent. We have a restless workforce that wants a salary increment every day. From that 30 per cent we have got to deal with health issues; we have a pandemic in our midst. We have to redirect some budget allocations to deal with COVID-19. With that 30 per cent, we have got heavy recurrent expenditure in wasteful national Government and county governments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government must take the dragon of corruption and slay it. President Uhuru is on record as saying that we lose Kshs2 billion daily. That is not a Statement from this Senate or from the National Treasury; it is a statement from the Chief Executive of Kenya. As Senate, we have said we will give you Mr. President unqualified support to fight corruption, lock up the corrupt, seize assets of the corrupt, and restore them to the people of Kenya. As I have said before, taking from the corrupt is an act of heroic restoration of people’s assets and money. We need to deal with this because if you look at this country, the wealthiest people are former or current public servants. Are they hardworking? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I request for a few more minutes."
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