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    "id": 947067,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/947067/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "id": 1835,
        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "to finance the development projects that we want in our neighborhood. Projects have been mentioned like the Dongo Kundu, Likoni Bridge, and Marua-Sagana-Nyeri-Isiolo Road that will cost almost Kshs28 billion. We cannot raise this money from our revenue unless we borrow. As we speak, I think the Government has just been honest to say that, indeed, we have burst our debt ceiling. This means that even the budget that we passed in June 2019 is not implementable without opening this debt ceiling. The current Acting Cabinet Secretary and the Permanent Secretary for the National Treasury today cannot negotiate to borrow even a shilling since we already exhausted the debt ceiling that was put in law. It is, therefore, important that we understand the situation as it is. Emotionally and politically, I know it is good to say what will excite the public out there, but as leaders, we are being called upon to do that which is right for the nation."
}