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    "id": 842007,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/842007/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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        "legal_name": "Owen Yaa Baya",
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    "content": "If you look at economics, it is very clear that if you have a building that costs you a certain amount of money to put up, you also need a consequential 25 per cent to run it. We have very many cars that guzzle a lot of petrol in this country, which are owned by the Government. We still have a lot of facilities in the Government. When the President was the Minister of the National Treasury, he once said that we dispose of Government assets to save money first and also embrace some austerity measures. The austerity measures that are being talked about here are just about cutting costs but not saving costs within what we already have. I believe very strongly that we should go ahead to look at these areas instead of having Cabinet Secretaries who are lazy. Every time the President asks for anything, they either cut the Budget or increase taxes. That is the only way this Government is run. I believe very strongly that we can look at offloading some of the assets that the Government has to ensure that we have more money to construct roads, hire teachers and do other things for this country."
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