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    "id": 1236926,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1236926/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musalia Mudavadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Cabinet Secretary",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
        "slug": "musalia-mudavadi"
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, there is a question on how long it will take to recover. I want to be very honest to this House and the Kenyan people. Having had an opportunity to serve as a Minister for Finance before, in a moment of crisis, I want to state to the Kenyan people that we are in this for a long haul. The circumstances that we are in cannot be wished away like instant coffee. I have said this a number of times. We are going to focus on priorities, and have them sustained consistently and religiously. From a personal perspective, as Kenyans, we need to be prepared to have about two years of challenges. However, there is hope. It is in that process of sustained good policies consistently being put in place, and looking at them and working from a unified view point as Kenyans, that we shall be able to turn around the economy. I have highlighted the huge public debt and the exogenous factors like the Ukraine war. We have no capacity to determine when the Russia - Ukraine war will come to an end. It is beyond us. It will take a lot of international effort and the goodwill of the combatants to deal with that. Therefore, as leaders, we have to be realistic to the people who gave us an opportunity to serve them that it will take a bit of time. Hon. Speaker, I want to say that no situation is permanent. We shall overcome challenging times that we are going through now. I want us to believe in that."
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