{"id":1213913,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1213913/?format=json","text_counter":284,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kisumu East, Independent","speaker_title":"Hon. Shakeel Shabbir","speaker":{"id":140,"legal_name":"Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed","slug":"shakeel-shabbir"},"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support the Report of the Public Debt and Privatisation Committee. I was in the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for 15 years. This time, I am not a member of the Committee. Every time we asked the same question regarding public debt – and our declared public debt is Ksh8.9 trillion – we are told that there is a public debt office and it is public information. I personally went to that office at the Treasury. It is on the first floor, hidden in a corner where they have put all the rejects that they do not want. It took The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."}