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    "id": 1079791,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwea, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Josphat Kabinga",
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        "legal_name": "Josphat Kabinga Wachira",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to this very important Bill. Last week and today, we are debating what really affects Wanjiku, and anybody who is not around may not have the authority to talk about Wanjiku out there in as far as money in the pocket is concerned. This is where we are putting our minds together. The Finance Bill is brought to this House during a very unique situation that the country is undergoing. We want to thank the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for being very tight and ensuring that this Bill is as conservative as possible to ensure that we do not increase the load that is already on Wanjiku. It is true that traditionally, all our Finance Bills have focused on taxes as a way of meeting the supply for the Budget that we have just done. It is high time we started thinking of other ways of raising funds, so that we can meet supply without necessarily increasing the burden on Wanjiku in as far as our budgets are concerned. The Appropriation Bill that we have just passed, 30 per cent of it is coming from the Appropriations-in-Aid. That is an area that I would urge the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning to encourage other committees to emphasise on. Nearly all the sectors that we fund have a potential to raise funds by themselves. The problem is the misuse of the funds that are generated from most of these departments. If we can put more emphasis and be more careful in whatever we do, we can raise much more from the sectors that we currently fund through our budgets. 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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