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    "id": 1144137,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1144137/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Makali Mulu",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1955,
        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
        "slug": "benson-makali-mulu"
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    "content": "to be released locally is Kshs2.4 trillion, meaning that the country is expected to borrow about Kshs860 billion. So, because we are going to borrow, the Medium Term Debt Management Strategy is important and we must discuss it. Otherwise, we will have unfunded Budget. I can assure Hon. Duale that the Report that will be presented next week by our Chairman, Hon. Kanini Kega, will discuss that particular issue because as it is, there is a deficit. Hon. Speaker, you have also raised an important point, that that is what we have not been doing as a House. Every quarter, we get an update on how our public debt is doing in the country. However, we do not take time, as a House, to interrogate the quarterly reports that come. Usually, you mark them to the relevant committees. They discuss them but they do not come back to the House to update Members on what is happening. We need to get that clear. The quarterly reports should become part of our debates in this House. When the quarterly reports are prepared and brought to this House, committees will have a look at them and table a report that we will then debate. That should be the way. Thank you."
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