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    "id": 1271705,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Of course, I am a proud Member of two of the committees that have made presentations this afternoon. First, I congratulate the Chairs and Members of the Committee on County Public Accounts (CPAC) and the Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing, of which I am a Member. Being a Member of these two committees, I must admit that I have learnt a lot. We have many challenges in our counties. They have become apparent in the sessions that we have held with the CPAC. There could be some challenges that we face as Committees, in terms of our effectiveness to deliver real time solutions to the problems facing our counties. Sometimes, arguments are made that Committees such as the CPAC, are morticians that deal with matters that are historic. However, in my view, there are things that we have achieved in that Committee that I want to point out, which have made me extremely proud to be a Member of that Committee. The first one was the question of Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) levying penalties on late payment of statutory deductions by county governments. I remember it was during a session of CPAC that we asked the rationale. I think it was in the presence of the leadership of KRA and the National Treasury, when we asked; what sense does it make for you to levy these penalties on late releases of payments for those statutory deductions when we know that it is occasioned by late exchequer releases by the National Treasury?"
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