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    "id": 1241163,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "I have attended functions and I do not know whether our colleagues get similar requests. A mwananchi will stand and say: “Senator, we need a road, a hospital, drugs or water.” Where is the money to finance that project? It is through taxation. We need to be honest with ourselves and have an honest conversation. For a country to move forward, taxes must be paid. However, we should ensure those taxes work for our people. The President has said as much, that even if he is given Kshs1, he shall protect it to ensure it gives value for money. I agree with that. Secondly, I talked here and I received many points of orders. There was Kshs62 billion. As I talk today, almost Kshs1 trillion was given through tax exemptions, tax abandonments and tax evasions by the previous Government. I do not want to say who because if I say, it will land me into problems. A leading bank - and I do not want to say my relation with that bank - was given a tax exemption of Kshs300 million. We should be ensuring we do not give anybody a tax exemption. Let us ensure we collect tax. I do not know whether my good friend, Sen. Oketch Gicheru had been born then; when President Kibaki took over in 2002, the tax was less than Kshs300 billion. By the time he was leaving office, 10 years later, because of just saying; “kulipa"
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