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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "in our investment portfolio. Those issues must be addressed. Otherwise, today, inflation is spiraling. It is at its highest since the last 10 years. Even what you are earning as an hon. Member of Parliament, you will be reduced to a pauper. The loan that you took will not be viable. The investment that you have made will not be enough. Everything will have been eaten by inflation. How are we going to be different from ordinary Kenyans who are suffering? Those issues must be addressed. There are particular cartels that are benefiting from this. I want to urge those of us who are in Government and all of us as responsible citizens to stand firm and protect public investments. That is the only way we can have an effective and properly managed country that is going to meet the test of one of the key regional economic hubs. It is not only fair to say theoretically that Kenya is an economic hub. That must be demonstrated by action. Two or three years ago, our biggest trading partner was Uganda. Today, they have overtaken us. Four or five years ago, Tanzania was a reluctant member of the East African Community. Today, it is at the fore-front. The reason is because they have more to benefit from Kenya and they want to use that. The roles have reversed. Those issues must be addressed if you really want to remain an infrastructural hub, an The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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