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    "id": 269654,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/269654/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Nairobi Metropolitan Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 159,
        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, those figures are there from the Kenya Bureau of Statistics. They are there! They are not my figures! It has gone down! So, we need to control our inflation. Secondly, we need to reduce our borrowing rates. I am glad to say that the interest rates are on a downward trend. That is a positive sign! Thirdly, we need to dampen our appetite for imports and, to me, this is the point that this House should be emphasizing. The House should request the Government to take all steps to dampen our imports. We must do that! Thirdly, we must also export more. The sectors that are export-oriented must be given incentives to do that. To conclude, yes, the Kenya Shilling depreciated and, as the Treasury, we are not happy about it. But it has nothing to do with Governor Ndung’u. It has absolutely nothing to do with Governor Ndung’u! Those were the dynamics of the economy because then, if---"
}