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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "we can possibly earn and try to live within the means. How is that possible? It does not mean necessarily cutting on Development Expenditure. What we need to do is to address the loopholes through which public funds are siphoned year in, year out. We should address the matter of corruption and the matter of wastage and, therefore, be able to live within the means and avoid unnecessary borrowing of money which is very expensive in the final analysis. I must conclude by commending the Committee for the work they have done in terms of analyzing these numbers and providing some recommendations. But it is going to be important as a country that we learn to appreciate where we are. It is not right to continue living in denial. The starting point if we are honest enough; if we are honourable countrymen and women, is to admit that there is a crisis in the country. We have crisis of insecurity; crisis of corruption; crisis of lack of confidence from the development partners; crisis of nepotism; crisis of tribalism and you can go on and on. This is a situation which calls for extraordinary measures. You are aware that extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. This is such time in Kenya. As a country, we need to sit back and find out where the rain started beating us, in a sober and dignified manner. That is why when you hear people rubbishing calls for national dialogue, you are taken aback because when we have a problem at home, what you do first is to sit down and discuss. When people are calling for room for discussion, you do not rubbish them. You do not dismiss them off hand; you give them opportunity to table what they have so that people can discuss them in a manner that is likely to give us results. Therefore, I want to urge my colleagues in this House to embrace the spirit of dialogue, which is very important. It must also be stressed because many times we hear that this dialogue can happen within the institutions that are established by the Constitution. All of us know that there are institutions which are established by the Constitution including this Parliament, but this Parliament is not a dialogue institution. It is a debating House. You can only dialogue in an environment which is friendly and has no rules that guide it such as this House. Therefore, I want to urge my colleagues from both sides of the House to embrace this spirit of dialogue as we move forward, so that this country can grow further into prosperity."
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