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"content": "I want to say that the Minister is on record as saying that he wants the banks, even before they talked, to bring down interest rates immediately. The bankers even sent their representatives to my office even a few minutes ago. I told them what we want to see tomorrow and not the day after, is acceptable interest rates even as we talk and even as they get reprieve today. I do not think they will get more than one month reprieve. I think their holiday will end with the end of this recess. We will not be compromising any more. We want them to show goodwill to Kenyans. Kenyans are suffering! The people who are suffering most are not Members of Parliament. As a privileged Kenyan, I am entitled to a Kshs20 million mortgage loan at an interest rate of 3 per cent. I thank God for it. Another Kenyan out there is paying 32 per cent. I think it should be very shameful of us not to feel for them. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, even the people who cannot afford mortgage and are really suffering. These are people like mama Wanjiku or Atieno who took a loan from the bank to buy the non-performing shares of Safaricom. The shares are not performing and the interest rates are high. These are ordinary Kenyans and they do not have the privilege and all those other options of walking to the bank to negotiate. They do not have the privilege that we have. Let us as Members of Parliament think with our brains and not through the stomachs because Kenyans are blaming us for it. I beg to support."
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