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    "id": 1266769,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1266769/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Busia County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Catherine Omanyo",
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    "content": "was told that the former Prime Minister, Angela Merkel, goes to the supermarket to shop, and she travels by train. So, we need to cut down public spending on things not needed because it is costing Kenyans more. These are wants and we can do without them. So, we should cut our cloth according to our size. In Kenya, we know where we belong - from the President to the smallest person. So, we should do justice to our nation and not remain beggars the way other people see us. In fact, if you travel abroad, you may greet somebody and he assumes that you are there to beg yet you probably just wanted to pay a courtesy call. We need to improve on our spending. All of us must be responsible in order to manage this debt issue. The other day I rode on a pikipiki and felt really nice because I paid Ksh200. I did not waste time even though there was traffic. I did not spend a lot of money either. I thought, what if everybody used this means? Let people see us living simple lives. Wananchi have put our status so high that when you arrive at a meeting on a boda boda, they say that you have nothing and that you might eat their money. So, they should not elect you. If you arrive in a big V8 car, they say you are their person. We need to educate our people to understand that being president or governor or member of parliament does not mean that you should arrive at public meetings in style, with a fleet of 30 vehicles, for you to prove that you are honourable. It is upon all of us to change our mindsets and adjust to living simple lives, making sure that the country is safe for us and future generations. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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