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    "id": 1501373,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1501373/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "His Excellency the President",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 168,
        "legal_name": "Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, without a doubt every shilling of our national revenue matters and must be used to deliver maximum value to Kenyans. Wastage, corruption and the abuse of women in our office are grave risks to national transformation and a direct threat to the well-being of the people. I have given my full commitment to serve as a responsible steward of public resources. To begin with, I have championed the automation and digitization of Government services and revenue collection to promote transparency, seal loopholes that lead to revenue losses, enhance accountability and eliminate opportunities for corruption, therefore improving efficiency, transparency and integrity. I am delighted to report to this House on the dramatic improvements we have recorded by automating and digitizing our revenue collection and service delivery through e-Citizen. We have so far digitized 20,855 Government services, up from 350 in 2022, representing an increase of almost 6,000 per cent, while we have significantly improved revenue collection. Take the case of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) whose total revenue for the year ending June 30th, 2023, was Kshs5.3 billion. Nonetheless, after implementing a digital revenue collection system, the revenue grew to Kshs7.6 billion in the year ending June 30th this year, representing a 43 percent increase. This initiative alone has firmly put the KWS on the path to self-sufficiency, freeing the corporation from reliance on exchequer support."
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