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    "id": 1385626,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1385626/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatinga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13582,
        "legal_name": "Wahome Wamatinga",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when we get elected and come to this House, we take a mortgage as the first thing. It is high time we tell Kenyans the truth that we, as elected Members, qualify to get a mortgage, so that we can get ourselves decent homes. It is the time that we must sacrifice for the rest of Kenyans. It cannot be that we will be going to foreign countries to borrow money so that we can provide them with houses. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, like our forefathers did, fighting for the independence of this country, it is our time now to pay taxes and build this country. We must look at sustainable livelihood where future generations will not be killed due to loans that we have taken as a Government. We could have taken an easier route of telling people we would borrow money to build houses. However, that is self-deceptive because even the loans that were borrowed must be repaid. We know and we want to thank the Government of the day because the President deliberately made a hard decision of taxing Kenyans, knowing very well that this is an unpopular decision. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, nonetheless, this is the only way to build an economy in what you would call sustainable livelihood. I am listening to people here telling Kenyans that there is another option. Which other option? This is high time that we as Kenyans joined hands and say, we must build a country with our resources and means."
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