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    "id": 245254,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mwiraria",
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        "legal_name": "David Mwiraria",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I want to start off by saying that I support the Motion. I want to support my successor for several reasons, but, most importantly, because he is building on the foundations already established. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in my view, one of the most important things that this Budget did was not to include Budget support from both the bilateral and multilateral partners. Why do I say this? This is because when I was in the Opposition, we used to hear the then President talk about shifting goal posts and we thought he was not being truthful. I can now say, with the benefit of hindsight and with experience, that the multilateral and bilateral partners do indeed shift the goal posts. So, do they really want to help poor developing countries like Kenya or do they want to keep us backwards? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in my view, the one thing this nation should aim for is to be self-sufficient in Recurrent Expenditure so that we can pay for Government services without requiring anybody's assistance. Once we reach that position, and I know hon. Okemo who was Minister for Finance appreciates this, then we can get rid of any dependence at all on donor money."
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