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    "id": 941705,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "our ability later to use less fuel. You are also compensated some money for using green energy in terms of world pollution and all that. We would have also tapped that. The other issue is that the National Assembly passed a Budget with Kshs635 billion deficit. By passing that, they have actually authorised the CS for National Treasury to borrow. If you have a hole---. I asked the National Treasury this question, but unfortunately we do not have the opportunity to check the numbers in this House. This would have come out at the time of the Budget debate. For this reason, this House should discuss the budget so that some of these issues are unpacked and Kenyans see that there was already a hole by the time the budget for the Financial Year 2019/2020 was being passed. At that time, the net present value to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was 50.7 per cent, instead of 50 per cent. That was almost 1 per cent above. Someone should have asked those questions at that time. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if we do not want to pass these Regulations, there is the risk of projects that have already started not being completed. That means that we will sink this country deeper into problems. If you do not complete a project, then the rate of return of that project is lower. This means you lose anyway. For that reason, I support these regulations. The other reason I support these regulations is because Kenya has been independent for the last 56 years. We are supposed to be becoming a middle income country. For 56 years, every time it rains, Wajir and Mandera counties are cut off from the rest of the country. Those are the only two counties that are not linked to the headquarters of this country. They have a perennial problem where food shortage and businesses are cut off. As you are aware, everything depends on the road network. Since part of the projects being proposed in this Budget include the road from Modogashe to Wajir, I support these Regulations. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have a unique opportunity to crush this economy or restructure our debt and support these Regulations so that we give this country a lease of life. I support Sen. Orengo, in that, we will be very unpatriotic if we allow one of the most vibrant economies in this region to crash as we watch. I support."
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