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    "id": 968843,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/968843/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Narok North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard ole Kenta",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
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    "content": "congratulate Parliament because in the past, it has stopped such kinds of payments. That should be the practice. You cannot have authority to allocate money for the people of Kenya as their representative and somebody else, who does not have that mandate, decides to disrupt it. The other thing that was very clear was outstanding imprest. I thought we employ people to serve the people of this country. Unfortunately, this has become a country where you serve your stomach. It has become a country where those at the top, who are supposed to ensure that imprest is returned, do not do so because they are also culprits. They abuse that service. The Committee has resolved that anybody who fails to return imprest from now on should answer for that misdemeanour. The other issue that was highlighted by the Committee is the matter of outstanding debt. We are reaching a very dangerous level of indebtedness. If we continue like this, I do not know when we will ever develop. Most of the money this country earns through taxes and other means is used to service debts. When will we realise development that we have promised our people? It is very imperative that we look into the issue of indebtedness. The other day, we raised the ceiling to Kshs9 billion. The issue is whether we are even able to service the debt that we have. You cannot get more debt to pay debt. It will be a vicious cycle. You will never come out of that hole. This is something that must be looked into. Let professionals handle the matter and politicians get out of that indebtedness. If I am the President of this country or holding a high office, I will not be there forever. So, if I create unmanageable debt portfolio, when a successor comes to office, what will happen? Everybody will borrow and leave the burden to the other adinfinitum, such that no time will this country’s budget balance."
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