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    "id": 878211,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/878211/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 124,
        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
        "slug": "samson-ongeri"
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, one dominant factor that stands out quite clearly is that although there has been revenue generation – not to the extent expected – one clear message coming out is that there is a lot of squandering of resources that have been obtained to the kitty. Therefore, no wonder that the money is being spent on items that have no direct bearing to growing this economy. It is going to the pockets of people in companies which have gone bankrupt. When you read the sad story of the dams that have been built and billions of shillings squandered to the tune of Kshs30 billion or so and then you want to make a bold step of reducing the county sharing revenue by Kshs9 billion, I think that is the biggest joke that I have ever known in the history of this Parliament. On one hand, you are squandering such a colossal amount of money to unprofitable ventures that will have no effect on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of this country. That money has been stolen and you now want to come back and say that in order for us to make a balanced budget, we now need to cut down by Kshs9 billion so that instead of Kshs310 billion, we will now be at Kshs304 billion. Then you come with the sweet message, for adjustment purposes, you add Kshs5 billion to make it Kshs310 billion."
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