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    "id": 1441237,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Muhoroni, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. James K’oyoo",
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    "content": " Thank you for finally recognising and giving me this opportunity. From the outset, I reject this proposed Bill. I implore my colleagues to remember that budget-making is the responsibility of this House. We should never abdicate our responsibilities. I was conversing with my colleagues on the other side and we all agreed that the proposals were unfair to our people. A meeting was arranged somewhere and somehow the leadership of this country and my colleagues met and agreed. I am happy that they have proposed to remove certain provisions. I want to warn my colleagues. The Government will circumlocute those provisions and bring them in other ways. This Bill will hurt the public and their outcry will reach you. I say so because they have not pin-pointed where the changes will be and where the money will come from. A letter that I saw this morning from the Cabinet Secretary of the National Treasury and Economic Planning confirmed my fears. The assertions of my colleague, the respected Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, reinforces the fears. He has read a raft of things that await us in case we do not pass this their way. These proposals are deceptive. We should stand firm and ensure the dangerous changes to the people we represent are not allowed. I repeat in this House the adage that there is no taxation without representation. In my constituency, serious manufacturing, farming, and business are going on. The Government harvests a lot of money from Muhoroni Constituency through sugarcane farmers during every taxation cycle."
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