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    "id": 1335565,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1335565/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nairobi City County",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Esther Passaris",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I feel that we give both the presidents their due respects, the founding father of the nation and the late Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi and any future president that will own property and serve this nation. However, I also feel that it is important that everyone pays taxes and this should be an example not just for Kenya but also for the entire continent. What happens in our continent is that when our leaders assume the office of the presidency, they amass a lot of wealth. That wealth is got at the expense of development of the country. So, coming back after retirement and amassing such a huge amount of wealth, whether legally or illegally, is also because of the positions that they held that they amassed that level of wealth. There is no way that somebody who is listed or an estate that is listed as probably being among the top richest in the world can now come to Kenya and say we cannot pay taxes because we served the nation. The nation was served but so were those families served by this country. The kind of wealth that they have if they were to pay taxes… In fact, it should be something that they should have volunteered to pay because they have developed the country in some way. If they pay the taxes on the wealth that they have amassed it will help this country to develop. Anyone who has taken the leadership position in this country should pay taxes so that this country can develop. We are struggling right now with poverty. We are struggling right now with debt and we know that the biggest reason for these struggles is corruption."
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