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    "id": 420941,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyamweya",
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        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "because what is coming out very clearly is that estimates are prepared without clearly thinking whether this revenue will be raised. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, what is shown in these Reports here has been a practice since Independence; we shall always say: “Donors did not give us money. We went for negotiations.” The same reasons are given; when they know how long it will take. If they know how long it will take, then that money should be actualized; if they do not know, surely, why should they sit in the office? They do not look for money from anywhere else; they just sit in the office. Therefore, there is a challenge here for hon. Members and I urge Parliament to address the matter, and be more firm and thorough in this issue of projects being earmarked for various places in the country. We start in August, September and October comes and at the end of the year, there is no activity taking place, be it in roads, power supply or water in various parts of the country. Therefore, clearly, we need to be told whether we really have these funds. We need to be told whether we have these funds, because the same thing cannot be repeated year in, year out. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also want to talk about another issue here, which most hon. Members have talked about; I will tell you where the problem arose in this country. In this country we have not developed our external resource policy. This issue has been raised severally by the Public Accounts Committee. For example, if I go by the Report of 2009/2010, the Permanent Secretary undertook that he would be able to develop a policy for external borrowing by June, 2013 and immediately report to Parliament. This has not been implemented, and it is what is killing this country. I want to show hon. Members where the problem is. The problem is not salaries for Kenyans who are going to buy goods made in Kenya. That cannot be a problem in this country. You cannot say that a Kenyan who is earning a salary and buying goods made in Kenya--- He buys bread and soap and that cannot be the cause of the big deficit that we have. I am going to tell hon. Members the cause of this. Please, hon. Members, let us be very serious. We know where the source of this is in this country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have had projects being commissioned in this country, negotiated and finally nothing is delivered. I will start with Ken-Ren Chemical and Fertilizer Company. This company started some time back and money was paid. Initially, there was an issue and the Government did not pay. It took some years, negotiations started and finally the Government said: “Yes, we owe the money, let us clear it.” How was it paid? Donor funds come. The World Bank comes here. It was paid by the National Alliance Rainbow Coalition (NARC) Government. This thing was started during the Nyayo era. So, how is that money paid? We need donor funding.. The donors tell the Government: “You have money which you have not cleared. Can you, please, agree to pay this? If you agree to pay this we will give you money.” Then this money of the fertiliser factory was paid. That is a national debt which comes to the Kenyan taxpayer. That is how this country is being burdened. It is not being burdened by the salaries of people, as I have said, who buy products made in Kenya. Two things happen here. We do not have the factory and we lose the money. Two tragedies happen and not one."
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