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"content": "Hon. Members, without a doubt every shilling of our national revenue matters and must be used to deliver maximum value to Kenyans. Wastage, corruption and the abuse of women in our office are grave risks to national transformation and a direct threat to the well-being of the people. I have given my full commitment to serve as a responsible steward of public resources. To begin with, I have championed the automation and digitization of Government services and revenue collection to promote transparency, seal loopholes that lead to revenue losses, enhance accountability and eliminate opportunities for corruption, therefore improving efficiency, transparency and integrity. I am delighted to report to this House on the dramatic improvements we have recorded by automating and digitizing our revenue collection and service delivery through e-Citizen. We have so far digitized 20,855 Government services, up from 350 in 2022, representing an increase of almost 6,000 per cent, while we have significantly improved revenue collection. Take the case of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) whose total revenue for the year ending June 30th, 2023, was Kshs5.3 billion. Nonetheless, after implementing a digital revenue collection system, the revenue grew to Kshs7.6 billion in the year ending June 30th this year, representing a 43 percent increase. This initiative alone has firmly put the KWS on the path to self-sufficiency, freeing the corporation from reliance on exchequer support."
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"content": "I commend the teams at KWS, as well as all other Government institutions that have leveraged technology and the digitization process to improve revenue collection. Under the Digital Health Act that you, Members, passed in this House, we are determined to enhance"
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"content": "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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"content": "efficiency and transparency provided by technology in the provision of health care services to eliminate fraud and fake claims. Tax revenue mobilization by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), starting with its customs revenue system, is equally being worked on to ensure that revenue leaks are eliminated. Since corruption is a serious risk to social justice, sustainable development, national security and the bottom-up economic transformation agenda; I am harnessing our working relationship with other arms of Government to encourage the Judiciary and Parliament to enhance integrity and efficiency by adopting digitization and automation. As I do so, I must caution, that all these measures will only achieve intended results if, and only if, the institutions charged with combating corruption and promoting efficiency and integrity stop hiding behind the transparent screen of independence and rise up to meet the people's expectation on matters integrity. Let me say this, it cannot be the case that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) keeps dropping cases because somehow, they are unable to produce witnesses."
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"content": "It cannot also be the case that corruption suspects rush to court to obtain anticipatory bail that shields them from due process and enables them to compromise investigations. There is also no reason for corruption cases to drag in our courts for years when the same courts are able to determine Election Petitions and related disputes within six months."
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"content": "Members, it is also unacceptable for the Houses of Parliament to deny the nation a much- needed instrument in the war against corruption, by continuing to sabotage the passage of the Conflict of Interest Bill."
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