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    "id": 1461464,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "I thank the Members of this Committee for sitting down and looking at this. We hope that the recommendation we have given as a Committee will be adopted by the House so that we improve our financial management. This will enable our country to rely less on external financing and more on ordinary revenue, which is the money we collect locally. We have realised that we are facing the challenge of corruption. Just as we have corruption matters relating to our local revenue, we have also seen some areas where it seems to be taking route in the area of public debt. As a country, we must get corruption out of financial management issues. I believe that the National Treasury has the right capacity, personnel, and instruments to manage our public debt. What we require is goodwill at two levels. Goodwill at the political level, where the highest political level of this land must provide goodwill and goodwill at the level of the Cabinet Secretary, where the Debt Management Office and Treasury should be given independence to advise the Government on matters of public debt. This is so that we get the right technical advice. If Hon. Mbadi can take that advice and advise the President accordingly, then public debt issues will be sorted out within a very short time, and our country will get back on the right track in terms of financial management. I beg to move and request Hon. Thuku, a Member of our Committee, to second this important Motion. Thank you."
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