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    "id": 941356,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/941356/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, JF Kennedy had this to say, and I want to say this about the Senate of the Republic of Kenya. ‘When at some future date, the high court of history sits in judgment on each one of us, recording whether in our brief span of service we fulfilled our responsibilities to Kenya, our success or failure, in whatever office we may hold, will be measured by the answers to these four questions. Were we truly men and women of courage? Were we truly men and women of judgment? Were we truly men and women of integrity? Were we truly men and women of dedication?’ The responsibility that you have been given of protecting Kenyans includes the right to tell the Executive that, ‘you cannot continue this way, you cannot continue borrowing. You have to stop borrowing and that you have to borrow responsibly.’ It will not matter if it will only take one voice, that voice has to bring sense to this Republic that we love. This is the country of Eliud Kipchoge, the country of 1:59 and the country that is respected all over the world. We must change its course and that time is now. We are now the third largest borrower of Chinese loans in Africa. However, we are not closing the door. We are just providing the formula of how we are going to get out of this. The formula is; do a better way, do a smaller ceiling, provide the debts, do not sign new contracts unless those contracts are truly necessary. I have a contract that is affected but allowing it to pass is being pennywise and pound- foolish. I reject. Thank you."
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