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    "id": 801778,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/801778/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "We are here as representatives of the people. We cannot allow few individuals to collude to further their selfish interests. It is, indeed, important that if visits to a county are going to be based on membership of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, then it is a challenge to us, Whips. Does it mean that when you are a member of the BAC they are going to put money in your respective counties? They have done good work on this report, but I have concern when it comes to the issue of public debt. Public debt in the country is very high in comparison to the GDP of this country. I know in other jurisdictions, if we compare our public debt to the United States of America or Japan, we are within the international standards. But the issue is that we cannot compare the United States of America and Japan with Kenya. This is a developing country where we must contain public debt. Otherwise we are mortgaging our future generations; our children and our grandchildren. We must borrow wisely. We should not over-borrow. I want us to borrow a leaf from His Excellency Mwai Kibaki. When he was the President, you can see the way he was running the economy. He did not over-borrow. We are borrowing to develop infrastructure, but let us borrow wisely."
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