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    "id": 1442047,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ainamoi UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Benjamin Lang’at",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I rise to second the Finance Bill of 2024. I want to start by thanking the Office of the Clerk, our secretariat staff, and our Members for the good job. I also thank you for the good support that you accorded our Committee. This Finance Bill has been one of the most canvassed Finance Bills. We organised a public participation exercise that went on for almost 10 days. During that exercise, we informed Kenyans that the exercise that we were doing was not a public relations exercise; it was a very serious exercise. I want to inform Kenyans that we heard them. We have included their views in the recommendations of the Report that was tabled yesterday by the Committee Chairman. I want to thank Members of the Committee. Sometimes we sat late into the night. As a Committee comprising Members from both sides of the House, we were 99.9 per cent unanimous in our deliberations. This House has already passed the Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2024/2025. Any Member who voted for the Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2024/2025… The Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2024/2025 will be funded by the Finance Bill of 2024. So, all of us who supported the Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2024/2025 should rise to the occasion and support the Finance Bill of 2024. When we went to the last elections, we were given terms of reference. One of them was that we must stop borrowing. To stop borrowing, we must generate our own revenue. Therefore, even as we talk about protecting Kenyans – which we have done – we must help our country raise revenue, so that we can stop the shame we get from borrowing. As I said, the Committee listened to the views that were shared in the public participation exercise and it has proposed removal of all the negative items that are in the Bill. Therefore, this House should unanimously support and vote for the Bill. 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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