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    "id": 781645,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/781645/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Okelo",
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odoyo Okelo",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I hope I will get an additional one minute. The law is clear that you should not overtax the current generation for the comfort of the next generation. On the flipside, therefore, you cannot over-borrow in this current generation to overburden the generation to come. Even as we engage matters borrowing, we must also understand that we only borrow for specific functions that will accrue and generate better benefits for this country. I heard talk about “building bridges”. It must be done on utmost good faith. All the underlying issues must be thrashed out. Finally, my constituency is heavily affected by floods but still not categorised as a hardship zone. It is my humble plea that it be made a hardship zone. Even though it sits right at the centre of Muhoroni and Nyakach constituencies and both constituencies have access to hardship allowances, I am losing public servants to those two constituencies. Just this year alone, I have lost 19 teachers going to other constituencies that have access to hardship allowance."
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