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    "id": 1082725,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Runyenjes, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Eric Njiru",
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        "legal_name": "Eric Muchangi Njiru",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. I want to start by thanking the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for doing a very good job because it is on the basis of the availability of resources that we are able to plan on national development. We require a lot of money from the taxpayers so that we can grow our country and stop relying so much on loans and funds from other countries. I support, particularly, the idea of scanners because, as I can see in the Report, the Committee noted that there was improved compliance from 2018 to July 2020 whereby there was improvement from 86 per cent to 98 per cent. That means that if we facilitate the KRA with the resources, it will be possible to collect more revenues and help stabilise our country. Secondly, the Committee noted that the KRA is grossly understaffed. Actually, if they are not properly staffed, it can be very difficult for them to gather resources. So, the idea of funding the KRA so that we can get 2000 more staff is a very good idea. It will ensure that we get to more people and get more taxes because I believe, just like one Hon. Member has said here, that the idea is not to tax a few people so deeply. The idea is to widen the net so that we can get more people paying taxes. So, I support the idea that we fund the KRA more so that it can employ more people to do this job. Lastly, I support the idea of funding the KRA so that it can acquire speed boats in the ports of Mombasa and Kisumu so that those who are good at evading taxes can be netted. That way, we will ensure that we get more resources for this country’s development. With those few remarks, I support."
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