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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sirisia, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Koyi",
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        "legal_name": "John Waluke Koyi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this Bill. From the onset, I want to support the Finance Bill. I support it because it carries almost everything. We cannot reject the Bill in totality because Kenyans must learn to pay taxes. If we do not do so, the country will be forced to borrow from outside. Currently, Kenya has a huge debt because of borrowing. The Government is trying to make this country self- reliant so that we can generate our income to avoid debts. We must pass this Bill. Hon. Speaker, the Committee has dealt with many contentious issues, like the taxation on bread and motor vehicles, on which the public made a lot of noise. If we reject this Bill in totality, we will be rejecting the development of this country and bursaries for our children. If we reject this Finance Bill, we will be denying our sisters and brothers who are sick in hospitals a chance to get medicine. As Members from both sides continue to speak, let us remember that this country belongs to all of us. When President Ruto got into power, the economy of this country was in ICU. We can now see some development. Some of us in the Opposition want to oppose everything, but let us be considerate and put the country first. In other developing countries, people put their country first when they have a similar Bill. Therefore, we are also requesting that we put our country Kenya first. I want to comment on the KRA issue. The KRA is not collecting enough revenue. There was a time when we gave them money to employ people to collect enough taxes. However, they have not met their target as the Government and Kenyans expected. We are putting the KRA on notice by warning them that they must collect enough resources to meet the target we need for the Budget."
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