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    "id": 269685,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/269685/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiunjuri",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Public Works",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 175,
        "legal_name": "Festus Mwangi Kiunjuri",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is common knowledge that the Governor of the CBK does not operate in isolation. The CBK alone cannot bring about the issue of inflation on its own. If you look at the issue of drought, was the Governor in charge of controlling nature? Do you want to blame the Governor for that? If you look at the issue of the post election violence, will you blame the Governor for that? The problems in the Middle East and the war in Somalia; do you want to pile all these on the Governor of the CBK? It is important that we look at issues not in a malicious way. With regard to the issue of interest rates, it is true that they are oppressive. The people of Laikipia would not like to listen to me saying that the interest rates should remain the way they are. I have a loan at the bank which is also very oppressive. Therefore, when we throw out the whole Report, we will not have a spring board on the action that must be taken. However, if it cannot be amended, then we can only either suspend it or throw it out. That is why I cannot support it. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to the issues that we should adjust in this country, this comes back to the same game that we have been talking about for the last ten years. That is the same thing we will say today and no action is ever taken in this country. If you talk about drought in this country, ask yourself a simple question. Were there not heavy rains and there was run off water to the Indian Ocean? We did not even tap that water using large tanks. We had the capacity to do that but we are very proud to go and buy relief food to come and feed our people using billions of shillings. That is enough money that can be used to irrigate the whole of North Eastern Province. Therefore, let us take the blame game where it belongs; that all of us have been irresponsible. As Members of Parliament, we have not been able to pressurize the Executive so that it can take the action that is required to save this country. On the issue of irrigation, today, we are talking about IDPs. Whereas some of us are saying that there is money to settle IDPs, others are saying that this is not the right land because we cannot collectively take action."
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