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    "id": 1382839,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is no need to project serious revenue growth based on those nine sectors. There are going to be 10 if we include the sugarcane sector. I hope that will benefit the people of Migori and Malinya, where the Senate Majority Whip comes from. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if we do not deal with the issue of pending bills so that suppliers can participate in our economy on a day-to-day basis, pay for their bills and continue these small and medium enterprising economies, then, the projected revenues that we have here can never be attained. This is because there is no economic activity that will happen in our counties. That economic activity that is supposed to happen in Turkana, Migori, Kakamega, Vihiga and all our counties, is what on aggregate, will eventually lead to proper revenue increase in terms of ordinary revenue raised for the national Government, therefore, affecting the sharable revenue for the counties. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I laud my committee, even though there is a mantra that says, you should not praise yourself. However, I give it to colleague Senators in the Committee on Finance and Budget for their dedication. They say that a lizard that fell from an iroko tree and nobody praised said, at least it fell, but it did not break its back. I know that the committee has done a very good job and I stand by this report. I hope that the Senate will also look at those adventurous areas in terms of our role of oversight and accountability on the National Treasury and the Cabinet Secretary. This is to make sure that this House is updated on a quarterly basis on how we are doing on this proposal. I second with much gratitude."
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