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    "id": 1357357,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1357357/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Oburu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Oburu Ngona Odinga",
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    "content": "The next point is on taxation. The burden of taxation is too high. The President, who is my former colleague, knows very well that when we came into Government with him in 2002, I was there personally. We adopted a policy. I want the Senate Majority Leader to listen to this because he is saying, we offer constructive recommendations. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the policy of taxation must be taken very seriously. I believe the policy we adopted is the one we should use now. The policy was that we lower the levels of taxation but expand the tax base and then we close all the loopholes for corruption and leakages. Once you do that, the revenue will go up. Not introducing too many taxes as if, those who are introducing those taxes are not Kenyans. The revenue was Kshs480 billion and the economy was growing negatively when President Moi left office. However, within less than two years, the revenue had shot up from that to Kshs1 trillion. We were not complaining that the previous regime had done this and that. They had done those things, yes, but that was not our concern. Our concern was what we should do to revive the economy and we did it."
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