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    "id": 1060100,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kabuchai, FORD – K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Majimbo Kalasinga",
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        "legal_name": "James Lusweti Mukwe",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this time to make my first remark in this august House. I rise to support the Supplementary Appropriation Bill (National Assembly Bill No.9 of 2021). I ask the Government, again, to prioritise the payment of pending bills. If you look at how we are doing businesses in this country, you will realise that most businessmen doing business with the Government and other institutions their properties are being auctioned because delayed payment. I now want to, first of all, to thank the people of Kabuchai. The people of Kabuchai woke up in the morning and queued in long lines on 4th March 2021 to elect me to come to this Honourable House. I commit myself that while here, I will serve them. I will do all that they want me to do in terms of legislation, oversight and other things that pertain to this august House, today and in future, that is, for the one year and some months remaining. Hon. Speaker, I also want to take this time to thank you. I know that if I die today, which I do not want to, your name will be written in my obituary having been the Speaker who presided over my swearing-in. It was my first time to stand on this Floor being my first time as a Member of Parliament. I say this because never did I know that this House can be occupied by anybody, including anybody like me coming from the lower hills of Kabuchai. I have come here to serve the people. I will serve the people without fear of contradiction. I will serve without prejudice. I will serve the people of Kenya because this is a national Parliament. Hon. Speaker, as I come to the conclusion, as a country, we must see what pains our people. We must see the tax regime that hurts our economy. When we have tax regimes in place, we must first of all ask: Are they favourable? In essence, tax is supposed to take wealth from the rich class and uplift the lower class to attain a common economic front. Look at the tax regime in our county 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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