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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nairobi County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Esther Passaris",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Report by the Select Committee on Public Debt and Privatisation. This is a new Committee in this Parliament and one that was absolutely timely. Our country’s debt is really growing and it has been a major concern such that even before a child is born, he or she has already incurred debt. The Auditor-General, Nancy Gathungu, recently said that if you steal money in Kenya, invest it in Kenya. When the Auditor-General reaches a point where she makes such a statement, she makes us question how much of our public debt is genuine debt. Is the country’s debt incurred by providing services such as infrastructure for Kenyans? We are Ksh8.9 trillion in debt. Debt is not bad if it is genuine, justified and manageable. We have a crisis in this country, which is also global. We have all come back from the COVID-19 pandemic. Kenya is also dealing with drought, banditry, population growth – which we are not checking – and, at the same time, theft of public resources. I was recently travelling with Kenya Airways and there was a lot of hue and cry about delayed flights. I ended up sitting 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."
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