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    "id": 1252916,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eldas, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Adan Keynan",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "pursuit of both their collective and individual rights. Kenya being a democracy, every Kenyan has a right to a divergent view. That is why the framers of our Constitution enshrined the right to public participation in our current Constitution. Being a leader and a Member of this House is a privilege. Kenyans, in their own wisdom, decided to have a few of us here as their representatives out of the 50 million Kenyans. We should reflect on that. I want to ask us questions without venturing into our political persuasions. Where were we in 1963? Where did our forefathers expect us to be and where are we today? What is each one of us expected to do so that Kenya joins the league of developed nations? This country was recently voted as one of the best in human resource capital. What that means is that out there, in the eyes of the international community, many Kenyans have gone to school. Our task as elected representatives is to give Kenyans opportunities to get jobs and remove them from both under-employment and unemployment. How is that achievable? It is achievable through taxation only. In a democracy, we have two sides. Today, what I expected - and it would have guided me - was alternative tax proposals from those who are opposed to what the Government is doing. However, their proposals are not here! I expected to see an alternative budget proposal from them. I have not seen it. A Government that was elected by the people of Kenya is simply implementing its manifesto. Therefore, denying it the right to pursue its manifesto is an infringement to both its rights as a Government and the rights of Kenyans as individuals. I want to say this as a Member of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, that having gone through this Bill, one realises that taxation is a painful thing. I stand to support the Finance Bill as it is."
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