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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Budget-making process and utilisation of public finance is a key obligation for us as elected leaders. When you look at it in detail, the Government has no money. The owners of all money that the Government uses are the public and in this case, we are talking about the Kenyan public. Our obligation as lawmakers is to be gatekeepers in ensuring and giving the guarantee to the Kenyan people that the money that the Government raises from them is used for the specific objectives that are intended. So, this second stage is very important because and it is justified by the history of Parliament. Parliament came because those many years ago, citizens felt that if you tax us, then you have to give us an opportunity to have a voice in how the money you get from us is utilized, hence the institution of Parliament. This is a very important stage and I am glad that it has come at a time such as this. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, going into the provisions in the Bill as you rightly said, I think because of the times we live in and for a good reason we tend to dwell on the matter of food security which is important because an underfed population is not useful in generating public revenue--- Before I come to that, I just want to look at the provisions of this Bill and I think that the provision to amend the Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Act increased the tax rate from the current rate to 50 per cent is good. Even as we raise taxation, we also have to look at the issue of age limit. There are many cases now where school going children run out of school to engage in gambling because the way most of the gambling and lotteries programmes are designed, it is to make them look like they are quick source of cash especially for the vulnerable The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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