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    "id": 62122,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/62122/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Oburu",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 194,
        "legal_name": "Oburu Ngona Odinga",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I would like to thank the Members for the contributions they have made to this Motion. I also want to thank the Mover for prompting us to give information, which is our obligation, as a Ministry, to provide to the members of the public. In fact, we do publish quarterly the position of public debt every year; we also have annual reports which are published. Some of the issues which are raised in this Motion are actually a subject of the Public Investment Committee (PIC). Some of them are in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). These are subject to audit queries, which have been raised and discussed in this House for very many years; an example is the issue of Ken-Ren. It is an issue which was at its time a scandal, which actually has been discussed over and over again. It has not been resolved. I hope that we shall put our heads together and see how we can resolve some of these issues. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of debts is very crucial to this country because the taxes that we collect are not sufficient to meet our needs. In order to fill the gap, we seek to get involved in debts. Our priority, as a Ministry, in relation to"
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