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    "id": 1055708,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1055708/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiambu CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Gathoni Wamuchomba",
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        "legal_name": "Gathoni Wamuchomba",
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    "content": "I would like to request this House that in as much as we propose regulations of new innovations so that the Kenya Revenue Authority can tap adequate revenue, we must also make sure that we promote product innovations and value addition. We must make sure that we tap onto the economies of scale of various enterprises in this country. We also must make sure that we drive growth in enterprise businesses and ensure that we have reduced overreliance of our major contributors of the economy. When I say “overreliance”, I would like to take you back to about five to 10 years ago when the voice business and service came to Kenya. We used to pay over Kshs60 per minute. Today, we are paying less than Kshs3 per minute. Why have we afforded to move from Kshs56 per minute to Kshs3 per minute? It is because of economies of scale. The enterprises have been 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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