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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kioni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Vote. I want to start by commending the Minister for Finance for the Budget that he read. I want to commend the staff at the Ministry for the many things that they have done. I think it is important that we recognize the distance that we have covered. We have talked about the need for police reforms. We continue to talk about the need for judicial reforms and reforms in the prosecution process in this country. We have also talked about many other areas that are in need of reforms. I think it is also important to take stock or recognize that we have had a lot of financial reforms in this country. This has enabled us to collect large amounts of revenue through the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). I believe we have been able to achieve that because we have also been able to close some of the gaps and loopholes that used to exist in the financial sector. In so doing, we have dealt with some of the corruption that was going on without us talking about. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we still have a lot of ground to cover because there is still a lot of corruption in our country. I think it is also important that we recognize what we have achieved. I believe that we would not be collecting Kshs700 billion from Kshs180 billion a couple of years ago, if we had not dealt with some form of corruption in our country. I think it is important that we note that and commend those within the financial sector. That has been achieved because they have committed themselves to do that Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said that, it is important that we also take note of the fact that even as we go out into some international conferences, it is very sweet for some of us to say we are able to cover up to 95 per cent of our budget without moving around as beggars. These are achievements many of our partners may not be rejoicing in."
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