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    "speaker_name": "The Minister for Water and Irrigation (",
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    "content": "accept that this is the way to go. That was the time when we were having the famous Donde Bill. I do remember the current President who was then the Official Leader of Opposition, being invited by the World Bank at their Upper Hill offices. We all went there, sat down and we were given tea. But before we could sit down, His Excellency the President, who was then the Official Leader of Opposition said to them: “We did not come here for tea. I am an economist and I want you to know that we will not sit back and wait to see our people suffer.” Those are the words that came from Mr. Kibaki. We did not even take tea. He said that we are going to support the Donde Bill in Parliament. We were not going to allow interest rates to cripple our people. It happened and we made sure that interest rates did not go up. For many people who have saved for many years, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance needs to hear this. We certainly cannot be working for banks. It is in this country where banks make exorbitant profits. Why should this be happening in this country? If we are going to rob our own people, let the Minister go back. I am supporting this Motion of Adjournment and I would even have supported the Finance Bill. But something is wrong in this country and has to be dealt with. We are going to finish our people, including the farmers, the women and everybody else."
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