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    "id": 1229734,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nakuru Town East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Gikaria",
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    "content": " Asante sana, Mhe. Spika wa Muda . Let me start by appreciating the former Leader of the Minority Party, Hon. John Mbadi. He was a professional. He spoke as one and accepted facts as they were. Does the current President accept that there is a problem in the country? Yes, he does. He is saying there is a problem and he has a roadmap on how to settle it. The Prime Cabinet Secretary gave us a talk sometime back and said that they found this country in a hole. They are trying to get us out of that hole. However, other people are trying to tell us to go back there and dig deeper. The President himself said that we were walking towards a cliff and we are now working on ways to go back. Those ways have already been explained in a very precise and accurate manner by none other than the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on the procedures and processes that the President and his Government have put in place. It is true that most of the things being mentioned exist. It is a fact that they are there. However, in order for us to bring the country together, we need to agree on the best way forward. The high cost of living does not only affect supporters of the Minority side. It also affects the supporters on the other side. It is our responsibility as a country and as leaders to bring the country together. Hon Opiyo Wandayi, I appreciate the Motion that you have brought this evening for us to deliberate on. I totally agree with you as the Leader of the Minority Party that there are problems. If you have a business that is a going concern, as you said, you can only pay your workers out of the profits that you get from it. How do you now want to tell us that your business, which is a going concern, is making losses and you have to borrow money to meet the recurrent expenditure? It is not possible. I do not want to belabour the point on the procedure and the way we are supposed to do it. The process that was being undertaken by the Minority side would have taken us in a very dangerous direction. We kept quiet because we are in Government and we have to show"
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