Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1443188,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1443188/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 195,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Crystal Asige",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "Also, remember that in the first half of the 2022/2023 fiscal year, the KRA missed its revenue target by a substantial Kshs186 billion, which underscores the point that overly ambitious tax measures do not always lead to increased tax collections. These figures are solid data we can trust. Why impose more taxes, levies and charges when we have not fully recovered from the negative effects of the previous legislation? Many businesses were forced to close and some relocated to neighbouring countries with more favourable tax conditions. Madam Temporary Speaker, what is the real solution? What are the Gen Zs and many Kenyans protesting for? We are exhausted just seeing the President on these trips every single week as if he is Beyonce on a world tour. The President is not on a world tour. The President should stay in the country and do his job like the rest of us do in this country. Yes, he may have had many plans, but Mr. President, exporting our brightest minds to work abroad is not the solution. This brain drain is crippling us and cannot be quantified at all. Did you know that these countries who call for Kenyan workers, ask for when they are calling for us? They want people aged under 45 years only, highly skilled, well- educated, in good health even and they must undergo rigorous vetting because they have a particular criterion of who they are looking for. That means that we are moving our best minds, best workers, best labourers and shipping them off to Australia, Germany and England, but do they ever bring the people here? They do not. In my conclusion, I would like to speak directly to young people. Everything was impossible until somebody found a way to make it possible and today that was you. You have been steadfast in demanding that this Government stop and listen to you. Before this moment, everyone thought it was impossible. Now, though I remain a bit skeptical of the presidency to some degree, I still stand 10 toes down in believing that Kenya will never be the same again because of you; young people. I also want to be real with you. We must stop glorifying money, praising those with flashy cars, big houses, expensive holidays, eccentric lifestyles and filtered lives. It is us that keep applauding that behaviour. We follow their social media accounts. We like and repost their displays of opulence every day. This exacerbates the problem of these people wanting to keep up their public images. However, not all that glitters is gold. Why do we not go back to exalting excellence, character, conscientiousness, all that is good and all that endures? There is a reason why Paul says the love of money is the root of all evil. We really must change. Madam Temporary Speaker let me land by circling back to King Lear by William Shakespeare. Anna Kamaraly writes that the tragedy of King Lear's lack of understanding of the consequences of his demands and actions is often observed to be like that of a spoiled The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
}