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    "id": 509251,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/509251/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Baiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "this Government and the country at large, the opportunity to implement these projects. It is good to bear in mind that other countries in the region are also doing their own projects. Implementation of these projects will place this country in a position it can effectively compete for opportunities with our neighbouring countries and also accommodate investment from within the region. Therefore, Vision 2030 is a collective responsibility for us hon. Members. We should ensure that the key identified projects are properly implemented so that they can deliver the productive capacity to the country. When it comes to borrowing, as has been said, it would be a big mistake to this country if we fail to implement these critical infrastructural projects merely because we fear to borrow. No plausible serious investor hesitates to borrow. If the country was to rely on its own financial resources generated from within, we would be telling Kenyans to forget development for several decades to come. That would also be a crime on our side, as leaders, if we were to do that. If you look at the effect of investing in these projects within the proposed period, the overall productivity will render those fears completely superfluous. Ten years ago, if you had told Kenyans that they can sustain the kind of borrowing that we already have, most of them would have run away and possibly thought that you are completely irrational. The fact that we borrowed and expanded the economy, Kenyans can see that this is viable from a business point of view. With those comments, I beg to support."
}