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    "id": 877534,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, there is trouble and we are at the cliff. To reduce public debt and get out of this problem, we need to have a balanced budget and work towards a budget surplus. That is the bare minimum that we can give the people of Kenya especially where we are. National Treasury must adhere to the ceilings being approved today and more domestic mobilisation must be done to reduce public debt. I remember when ODM was supporting the Finance Bill of last year we gave conditions that the public expenditure must be reduced. We must tighten the belt. For me, the theme for this next budget should be focused on efficiency and enhancing accountability. At times of scarcity, everyone must feel the pinch. The Executive must become more efficient; Judiciary and Parliament must all be part of this effort. It is high time we demanded both effectiveness and efficiency in all arms of Government, Departments and State Agencies. No more room for wastage at all levels. Just as when the bell rings for the Speaker to come to this Chamber, you religiously get ready to walk into the Chamber, In fact, I cannot remember any time we have waited here even for five minutes for the Speaker to come. It should be demanded of everyone. People getting access to proceeds of corruption must find it painful and risk venture. As I wind up, I want to say that those who are not ready to deliver must be shown the door. The President must look at his Cabinet again. There is no room for socialites because I see some of them there. There is no room for celebrities, that so and so has been working. We have been hearing her voice in the radio or we have been watching him on television, we need to be digital so we want to bring them to the Cabinet, there is no need for public relations experts. We want to deliver as a country. No more talk. The President must crack the whip. Those Cabinet Secretaries who are behaving like socialites and those who are celebrities in the Cabinet must go and we have people who can perform."
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