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    "id": 941468,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we must be patriotic. There is no country that does not borrow, both externally and externally. Every Government borrows, but the responsibility with which you approach the borrowing is critical. We, as Senators, are enjoined by the Constitution as defenders and protectors of counties and their governments. Our Parliamentary Budget Office which is manned by very brilliant and well trained young professionals, appeared before the Committee and told us that the consequences of what we are about to do is diminished revenue to the counties. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, under the Constitution, the first charge to our revenue is public debt. It does not matter how much we collect; if we owe so much, we must pay debt before we sit down to share between the counties and the national Government. Therefore, in trying to do what we are doing, we are actually truncating the allocation of resources to our own counties. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I listened to the Senate Majority Leader engaging in some dead rigmarole on the Floor; he was totally unconvincing."
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