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    "id": 1003211,
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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": "instead of the rural-urban migration. We can tap on this energy that is going to the rural areas by waiving taxes on agricultural inputs so that they can involve themselves in agriculture. This COVID-19 may actually turn out to be a blessing in disguise. I also appreciate the Committee for dropping taxes on pensions because we cannot be giving monthly stipend to our senior citizens who are 70 years and above and, at the same time, tax the little pension that they normally receive. Every Member of this House will one day attain the age of 70 years and during that time, you will have retired and you will be having a lot of lifestyle diseases like high blood pressure, diabetes and so on. That is the time you will really need that money. Taxing of pensioners was not a good idea and I thank the Committee, together with the Ministry, for dropping that ignominious idea that they had introduced earlier on. I am also happy about the express highways that will be built to the airport and other bypasses to Nakuru. Those roads will be built through PPP and we have seen this in other countries like the United States of America (USA). Most of the Members have travelled to New York. There are very good roads that are built through PPP and they only attract little fees. So, if you are in a hurry, sometimes, it saves a lot of fuel to use those roads. In the same breath, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want Hon. Limo to listen to me because he is very busy talking to Hon. Cheboi, the Deputy Speaker. I want Hon. Cheboi to listen because it is very important. In the same breath of PPP on express roads, let us also go to the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) because, at the moment, the SGR has just reached Emurtoto. If we can have PPP so that we can extend that SGR via Ewaso Nyiro, Narok, all the way to Kisumu, then it will be a good idea. Taxation is mandatory if we want to support our Budget without much borrowing. That is why we support this Finance Bill. Lastly, we need a lot of resources to be put to the weaker members of our society. If we do not tax maize flour and rice, it will trickle down to the weaker members of our society who cannot afford packed milk, bread, et cetera . With those very many remarks, I support this Finance Bill 100 per cent. Mia kwa mia."
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