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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kathiani, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Mbui",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to also contribute to this debate. Two things come to my mind on this issue of the 2024 Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy. First, before Members vote on this Motion, we must be very careful to know what exactly we are voting for. This is the beginning of the budget cycle. If we are not clear about what is happening, we may just agree to things and then we start complaining later on. We must note that this is the beginning of the budget cycle and it is part of it. As we vote for it, we must be careful. Secondly, we, as politicians, must also be careful on what we say, even during the campaign time because there are things that we have to do eventually. Sometimes, it is very humiliating and humbling to eat a humble pie. When we passed the Finance Act, 2023, some Members who had voted for it started complaining publicly later on about some sections in it. Thirdly, passing the 2024 Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy enables and allows the Kenya Kwanza Government to borrow more. The promises they made during the campaign trail were that they were against Government borrowing. They demonised the previous President and said that borrowing was a very bad thing. However, they continue to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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