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    "id": 1393807,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for that direction. The Head of State is a former Secretary General (SG) of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). He has the skin to take this criticism. I do not know why some Senators on this Floor feel the need to be over protective of the President. The President has thick skin just like all the SGs of ODM do. In conclusion, I would have expected to see some of these good recommendations by ICPAK finding their way into the recommendations of the committee. I do not understand why they have been ignored. You should see this in the broader perspective of conversation about the place of public participation. Organizations such as these represent very serious people. They take their time to appear before committees of this House in order to guide the House on what should be done or not. It is only fair that the recommendations they make find their way to the final report. Madam Temporary Speaker, we may not be financial experts. However, we are all concerned by the state of debt of the country, some of the proposals from Government and whether they will be effective. It is not something to be taken lightly when we, as a country, are offering the highest rates in a buy back of the Eurobond so that we can claim we are ready and have repaid all the debt. There was a statement that was made by Government in December. That they had been ready to redeem the Eurobond and it was going to be done without any pain to the Kenyan taxpayer. As I have demonstrated, we are going to pay through the nose six years from today in 2031. It is not far. This Eurobond will be due, and we shall be in the same hole that we were told in the Kenya Kwanza Manifesto to stop digging. We want people to walk the talk, make promises and follow through, and not to pull the wool over the eyes of Kenyans by dazzling us with terminologies and complex economic theories. The true measure of the economic status is in Kenyans pockets. I thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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