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    "id": 1003270,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1003270/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Dennitah Ghati",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13514,
        "legal_name": "Jacquiline Adhiambo Oduol",
        "slug": "jacqueline-adhiambo-oduol"
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    "content": "this country, but the budget that goes to taking care of the needs of PWDs has constantly been the same. Sometimes it goes down and sometimes it just remains flat. So, we have never seen, as PWDs community in this country, a budget that is extremely fair to us. So, it is my humble plea that, as we move to next year’s Budget, we engage the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee to ensure that our budget goes up. I support the Finance Bill simply because of the young people in this country. If the Budget proposes to waive taxation on businesses owned by young people in this country, then it is a welcome move. Looking at businesses owned by young people, they are not major businesses. Our young people, just like PWDs, do not have big jobs that can be taxed. They do boda boda businesses. I come from Migori County. From Migori to Rongo to Isebania border, where I come from, our young people are in the boda boda business or other small businesses. We must, as a country, create an atmosphere that will enable young people to get jobs and come up with businesses that are taxable. Lastly, I also want to talk about the issue of minimum wage in this country. I want to link this issue because I have lived, studied and worked out of this country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you and I were students at the Washington University. I was living in the other side of New York. You know that “minimum wage” is not defined very well in this country if we compare it with countries like the United States of America (USA), where one can say that you work for one hour and earn USD70 or USD80 or Kshs100. That is an issue we also need to bring on board so that, in this country, even the work that we do per hour, per month or per week is work you can quantify and equate to the amount of money that you really deserve. We do not have a serious framework that looks at the issue of how much you should earn compared to how much labour you put in. That is why we do not have a clear structure on how we can look at the issue of quantifying the work that we do. Having quickly said that, allow me to say that I support the Finance Bill, 2020, especially on the issues of PWDs and taxation of pensioners’ income. Thank you."
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