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    "id": 1173452,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1173452/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Alego-Usonga, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Onunga Atandi",
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    "content": "Therefore, I want this debt to be increased and about Kshs500 billion must be spent in my constituency for my people. We cannot complain about public debt when my people have not seen its benefit. So, we are going to borrow more and more until my people benefit from public debt. It is not as high as possible. We cannot say it is high until my people benefit from it. I urge Hon. Ichung’wah that if he thinks public debt is high, it is only high in his constituency and not in mine. Let us support this Motion because the incoming Government will need resources in order to run the country. Most importantly, this Parliament is failing. The way we audit or monitor the budget is not the way it should happen. I think it is being run through Executive fiats. If this House is serious, then we can find a way of monitoring the budget and ensuring that money is spent appropriately. I urge this House in future to reject the issue of Article 223 of the Constitution used to spend money after the budget. This is not right, but for now, let us support this Motion. I support it and urge the incoming President, Hon. Raila Amollo Odinga, to ensure that part of this debt is used in Alego-Usonga."
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