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    "content": "“So, they first went to the Auditor General and I kept quiet. They went for Joho and I kept quiet. Now they are coming for me.” It will be too late. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is very important that we dispassionately look at what is rotten in this nation as Kenyans, not as members of political parties; call a spade a spade. This kind of blindness in looking at what is wrong with this country will sink us. The President’s Speech was a good Public Relations (PR) Speech. I do not deny that. He sang songs. That is good. He entertained the Members of Parliament (MPs). That is good PR. However, beyond that, we must look for substance. When we are complaining about the rise of the wage bill, it does not just rise. It is in relation to something. It is in relation to the state of the economy. If the economy is contracting, the wage bill will be a menace. If the economy is growing, the wage bill will not be a menace because people in the public sector will definitely be attracted by the private sector. That is a phenomenon everywhere in the world. It was a phenomenon under the NARC Government. I was the Minister for Planning and National Development. I saw it. We were advised by the NESC to do something with focus into the future and have Vision 2030 with projects that will create jobs. Where are those projects today? The SGR was supposed to have been finished this year. That is what we had envisioned. It is not. It is ending in Nairobi at double the cost when the country is indebted with Eurobond. The Auditor General asked where was this money used. He was not told. He looked at the Government projects, they were not there. He was told some money was put in a New York Bank. He was going see it and the President did not like it. These are facts! We have now Kshs3 trillion in debts. When this Government took over, we had only Kshs1 trillion in debts. This is serious. We should not gloss over this. Why are we in debt? If we are in debt for good reasons, sure, but if we are in for running projects which are overpriced, there is something wrong. The economist, Mr. David Ndii has been writing volumes of papers on this in The Nation . He is not a member of any political party. He is a professional. He can advise you whether and when you want it but please let us pay attention to him. Let us not rubbish these things on a partisan basis. These are The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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