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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I would like to support this Report. I support it because as is clearly indicated, it is telling us what the Committee found. I support the two recommendations that have been raised because they are in line with what we see as observations. As I support these recommendations, particularly with regard to ensuring that we can invest in the infrastructure of KRA, looking at how they can better collect and account for all revenue and also looking at the human resource capacity, I want to really just place my support on one premise. As much as we are looking at the Report from the Committee, there is a sense in which what we can see and what we are being told is something that Kenyans might, in fact, be expecting. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this reason, as I support the Committee, I would want to suggest that, indeed, it is important that we ensure that we get scanners because we have seen that where we have scanners, we get a lot more. It is important that we get more staff. I thank the Chair, Hon. (Ms.) Gladys Wanga, because if we get youth, we can get them employment. It is extremely important that we ensure that we extend the hours so that we do not keep the country from getting revenue. My concern, however, is that you can ensure that you have scanners but, if you do not change the culture, the practice, the value of the person who will be operating the scanner or the expectation of the youth who will be brought on board to collect the revenue, you might find that you have not done very much. So, actually, at the moment, we are convinced about what the Book of Isaiah says: “Come, let us reason together” says the Lord. Even though your sins are as red as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.” I have read this Report. This Report clearly tells us that there is a big challenge, not just at the KRA. My recommendation and appeal to the Committee is that we not only look at KRA, but we also see to it that it is reflecting as has been rightly said by the Report. The culture of corruption, as has been said by Hon. David ole Sankok, Nominee 001, tax evasion as has been said by the Chair, that you have a practice of putting water melons so that ethanol is below it, must stop. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker it has, indeed, been confirmed that the culture which we see as the values that we have might not allow us to get far. Unless we really become innovative and unless we address the issue of culture, we might not achieve much. Therefore, as somebody 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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