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    "id": 1201451,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatinga",
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        "legal_name": "Wahome Wamatinga",
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    "content": "feeding not only Nyeri people, but indeed all the Mount Kenya region and by extension Kenya. We, therefore, want to congratulate the President for having realized that we cannot keep doing things the same way and expect to have a different result. For the last 58 years, we have tried to move from rain-fed farming into irrigation-fed. However, because we have not been able to put together the budget that was required, this has remained elusive. This is now a golden opportunity and now I would want to encourage all the Members of this House that it is time that we stood to be counted. At the end of the five years, let us look at the footprints that we will have left in this country in terms of putting in place right legislative agendas that will move this country forward. The President also spoke about Hustlers’ Fund. People have raised the concern of having other funds that have been raised in the passed, but ended up not working. Having done and learned from the mistakes in the past, this is again the golden opportunity for we, as the Senate, to put the right legislative structures in place so that we can get the 6 million young people who are waiting at home to give the funds. My suggestion is that instead of doing the cash transfers as we have done previously, we have the National Construction Authority which pools together the technical know-how and we have TVETs which puts together different kinds of machineries. We can use this as the centres of excellence and centre of production so that our cottage industries that will be able to absorb the youths can be accommodated within this institution. By so doing, we will be able to seal the leakages that have been there in the past through the Youth Fund and the Women Enterprise Fund because the money will not be given to individuals, but it will be channelled through institutions. These institutions can have accounting mechanisms where they can provide the machineries that is required. Therefore, much of the money that goes into capital expenditure will go into production. This will be a game changer. Finally, as I take my seat, I would want also to comment on the fact that the President spoke about making the tax collection authority to be a service. Having been a victim of the KRA, I would want to state that it is time that we realize that KRA should be addressing the plight of the Kenyans. These are the taxpayers who they desperately need by encouraging them, giving the professional advice and walking with them instead of closing down their business premises. We need to encourage them so that they pay more taxes. As mentioned by one of the speakers here, we did visit Keroche Breweries. We noticed that it is a massive investment that has been shut down by the KRA in trying to collect the funds. If you close down the businesses, where do you collect the revenue from? Moving forward and wanting to concur with the President, it is time that we looked at the KRA as a service not as an authority and as an equal partner that must work together with the business community. It can help them grow their businesses and it can also in turn collect more taxes. Finally, the President mentioned about the percentage of women who have been elected as governors. I want to say that moving forward, the role of women is no longer"
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