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    "id": 941590,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "The third point is on the issue of devolution. The Parliamentary Budget Office told the Committee that it is not safe for the country to continue borrowing. The census are out and I have seen that Tharaka-Nithi County is not doing very well. Maybe you should encourage men to go home early and start baby-making sessions, so that the numbers can go up. We are looking into the future where money will be allocated based on population and not trees or landmass. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of interest on loans, it is sad that the country has the highest number of unemployed young people. In this country, old people are being given jobs as opposed to young people. We are telling young people to take loans, yet we want to remove interest caps on those loans. That means the young people cannot borrow and do entrepreneurial activities. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if we have to cure this issue, even as the Government wants to increase this borrowing to Kshs9 trillion, vitu ni different kwa ground. Where I come from, a litre of milk is being sold at Kshs20. Likewise, tea and maize prices are doing badly. The economy is not doing very well. Kenyans do not have money and yet, we allow the Government to continue borrowing. We are not against the National Treasury or anybody, but this is right time in the history of the Senate to stand with Kenyans and say no to uncontrolled gluttonous borrowing by the Government. The Acting Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Ukur Yattani should have even told us that he is borrowing to resettle the Mau evictees. No one is talking about the Mau evictees. We cannot allow the Government to borrow more. I will vote against this this Motion because I have heard the voice of the people of Nandi that we shall not continue to borrow, yet the economy is not doing very well. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we look at the own-source revenue by the counties and the revenue collection that we have, the increased investment in human capital to promote entrepreneurship, and the Government has been trying through Technical Vocational Training Centers--- We have been talking about value addition, manufacturing and the agriculture sector, yet these things have not been done. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to urge my colleagues, the Senators, that we are standing at the pedestal of the history of this country. I want to call upon my colleagues to reject resoundingly this insatiable appetite of borrowing by the Government. We are not against anybody. This is the conscience and the people of Nandi have told me to vote"
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