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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "Compared to the Finance Bill, 2023 and Finance Bill, 2024, whatever shortcomings are in this Bill are curable, unlike the past two that were incurably defective. As we stand here today, the Finance Bill here is published as due for debate. The Report of the Committee is only material at the Committee of the whole House. That is the point when this Finance Bill can be amended. I want Kenyans to be very clear in their minds, that what we are discussing here today, is what has been published. That the Report of the Committee based on the results of public participation, will only be of material effect during the Committee of the whole House, when a Bill read and published can be amended. I have perused through the Report of the Committee. I must say the young guys of last year, 2024, have forced us, Parliamentarians, to start listening. In the previous years, we were impervious. We were immune to common mwananchi’s views. But because of the events of June 2025, the hubris is dropped. We have humbled ourselves. We can purport and pretend to 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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