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    "id": 509213,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Langat",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 384,
        "legal_name": "Benjamin Kipkirui Langat",
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    "content": "The question that we need to be asking is: Are we borrowing to invest in development projects? The answer as listed in the Report is in the Medium Term Two development projects. There are projects which are being planned and the figures allocated are general figures for planning. They are not the exact figures. What we need to be doing is to give this Government the opportunity to plan; to be able to go outside there and negotiate for loans. They should not go and negotiate, then tell the donors that they must consult Parliament for approval. It is very important that we give them that leeway. We should not micromanage. If we were to go by what one of our colleagues here was saying, that we need to approve and give them Kshs30 billion and then tomorrow they come, then that is micromanaging. However, we have another opportunity to approve the individual loans. At that stage you can refuse given the terms. Let us give them time to go to the market, look for the best and bring it to us. On the issue of the public participation which has been raised on a point of order, I think it is good to read the Constitution in totality. The Constitution says that sovereign power belongs to the people of Kenya and can be exercised directly through a referendum - which I think my colleague was implying - or through their democratically elected representatives. You have been elected to come and represent your people. You can oppose here or say yes, but if even in increasing the debt limit you must go back and ask the public again whether we should do so, I think we are bothering the public which has given us the vote. Let the public work. They have sent us here to represent them and I believe we mean very well. When we do budgets, we do public participation. That is where the details of the loans and how funding will be done are discussed. If the public approves a project, then we finance it. We must support our Government to deliver the Vision 2030. We must 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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