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    "id": 105779,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/105779/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Metito",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Regional Development Authorities",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving this opportunity to also contribute to this very important Motion. From the outset, I beg to support the Motion. It is very important that we Vote for this Motion to allow services to be given to Kenyans as per the reasons listed by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance for having this Supplementary Budget. First, let me commend Kenyans for having tried their best to pay taxes in the first half of the current financial year, given that in the period July-December, 2009, there was a very severe drought. I am very sure that Kenyans were hard hit by that drought, but they did their best in paying taxes. I would also wish to commend the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) for trying their best in performing their duty of revenue collection. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, while moving the Motion, talked of the following activities as requiring supplementary budgets: First, the ongoing voter registration exercise, which is having the biggest chunk of Kshs5.6 billion in this Supplementary Budget. My request is that although this House passed the Vote for the ongoing constitutional review process, and fixed the voter registration exercise for one month, I think that is a very short time to register Kenyans, especially taking into account the fact that, with the"
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