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    "id": 1441508,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wanjiku Muhia",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support the Finance Bill 2024 because the proposals from Nyandarua County and Kipipiri have been heard. I can confirm to the farmers from Kipipiri that their potatoes will not be taxed. Having said that, as the Chair of the Committee on Regional Integration, I would like to inform the House that, as the East African Community (EAC), we are a community. I discourage Members from debating and indicating that the Bill is against the eggs from Uganda. That is not the essence of having a community. We can debate it nicely. The eggs from every region within the community are allowed. You can have them from Uganda. So, constrain debating on that matter. Let us not discuss about the eggs from Uganda and onions from Tanzania . We are a community and we can also sell to them. Hon. Speaker, I want this House to be honest to Kenyans and, more so, to the Gen-Z. Because many Members have debated on the issues that were raised by Kenyans, I congratulate the Committee and the very able Chair, Hon. Kuria, because they have heard the proposals of Kenyans on vehicles, agriculture and all those things that have been debated. I restrain myself from debating on the same and seek that this House becomes honest for once to Kenyans. We must ask ourselves whether we need a budget. Of course, we need a budget. How do we finance the budget? The Council of Governors has been camping at State House asking for more funds. These Members, led by myself, have been camping at the Office of the Hon. Cabinet Secretary, Murkomen, asking for roads. These Members have been speaking of Junior Secondary School teachers asking for billions to pay them. These Members have been speaking for the old people and asking for more than Ksh40 billion to pay them. So, it beats logic that you can join the public in the gallery, bloggers and Gen-Z instead of educating them. You go to the road to demonstrate, but you do not have roads in your constituency. Instead of us as Members The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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