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    "id": 1229616,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "Leader of the Minority Party saying that we are scapegoating. Hon. Opiyo Wandayi, we are not scapegoating. We are simply stating facts and the painful truth as it is. You got us into this mess! You need to give us time and space to fix your mess. We have the plan on how to do that. I need not repeat some of the points that have been alluded to by the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. How do we get solutions to the problem that we are in? It is true that we are in a problem. We are in an economic hole that is worse than the one that the Nyayo regime of 2002/2003 left us in. This is one of the worst economic situations we find ourselves in! The State capture that was visited on this economy in the last four years is unmatched in the history this country, any civilised democracy in Africa, and, indeed, the world. We will get solutions by engaging and speaking to each other in the right forums. We will not get solutions in the streets while disrupting our economy. We should take up our leadership roles as the Leader of the Minority Party has done today. I must congratulate Hon. Opiyo Wandayi for taking up leadership to bring the issue of the cost of living out of the streets to the House where we resolve such issues. My brother, I want to encourage you to go beyond this Motion. If you have better ideas on taxation, bring them on when the Tax Bill comes before the House. We will support you as we urge you to back our tax reduction measures that will revive the stalled economy. Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is also true that we have been borrowing to…"
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