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    "id": 1073578,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Makali Mulu",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I have listened to the Mover and the Leader of the Majority Party. I want to join them in supporting this request to exempt KQ from the 1 per cent turnover tax. We are all in agreement that KQ is a strategic investment for this country. It is the Pride of Africa and Kenya. As a country, we have used taxpayers’ money to build this airline so many times. Anytime they make losses, it is the taxpayer who raises resources through taxation. Unfortunately, the more we pump resources to KQ, the more they incur losses. For how long are we going to continue pumping more resources to KQ as a country? That is using good money to chase bad money. If the kind of billions being pumped into KQ were pumped into other development initiatives, Kenyans would benefit more. As we support this exemption, as a House, we need to start asking the hard questions. The Government is so keen about shareholding and taxation of KQ. From my own assessment, there has been minimal effort by the Government to penetrate the management of KQ. That is where the problem is. How come we pump so much resources into KQ but we do little to ensure that we are controlling its management unless the management of KQ is kind of becoming a stake, given the kind of interest they take in pumped-in resources? Without fear of contradiction, we will continue using taxpayers’ money to pump into KQ year in, year out. I believe this money could help other Kenyans who have no water where I come from. The same 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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