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    "id": 1357993,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1357993/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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    "content": "The purchasing power of Kenyans has been eroded yet you are telling them that they are better off. Where is that evidence? Ask Kenyans in the streets of Eldoret, Kisumu, Mombasa and Nairobi. I do not know what percentage of Kenyans can tell you today that their life is better than it was a year ago. Most Kenyans will tell you that it is worse. When the economy is not doing well, you cannot increase or change taxation policy to the disadvantage of consumers. When people are struggling, you cannot increase taxation. Therefore, where we are, you have affected the purchasing power by reducing people’s disposable income. The net effect is reduced demand for goods and services, which causes low production that leads to unemployment. How are you helping the economy? You cannot claim that you are fighting corruption when your senior officers are using Government resources to hire eight choppers to attend a single fundraiser in the village. You asked all your cabinet secretaries, on Monday, to buy seedlings for Ksh10,000 each and hire a chopper for Ksh1 million to go and plant trees. What kind of austerity measure is that?"
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