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    "id": 844037,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I support the Report. Discussion around the economy is one of the issues that are supposed to be tackled by these parliamentarians. They need to discuss the issue of debt from China. There has been debate in the social media and mainstream media about countries that succumb to debt or those that are going through economic crisis. For example, we are told that Sri Lanka lost its port to China because it was collateral for a loan that they had borrowed. In one of the newspapers, I also read that Zambia is about to lose her airport to China because of debt. I also read that Djibouti is in a debt crisis at the moment. We are financing big infrastructure projects whose rate of return and the cost of financing is imbalanced. I do not know if this is being over-emphasised by the Western world. I do not know whether our former partners like Europe and America are now feeling bad and want to put it badly, but whichever way you look at it, African countries will not grow unless they turn back their economic strategy. They should not be countries that are in debt all the time. It is like working for other people all the time. Kenyans work hard and pay taxes, which just pay interest and principal. I do not need to belabour the fact that there was analysis in the media regarding how bad our debt is. When will we address this issue in such a forum, so that Africa is not cursed anymore? Africa has a lot of resources compared to some Asian Tigers that are developed and moving in the right direction. Regarding gender issues, the Speaker of the National Assembly singled out one lady in a Commission of nine people and removed her from it. He said that she does not have experience. We also have the case of the former Senator, Sen. Elachi, who has been impeached because of some myopic issues that have not been properly substantiated. I was in a youth forum yesterday and there were two issues that came to the fore. One of them is prostitution, which was very rare in our region, but is now emerging. One of the participants said that in the olden days, brothers used to beat their sisters to prevent them from engaging in wrong things. I asked myself why only a lady should be targeted, yet a man is also involved. The other issue was rape. Somebody said The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.  "
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