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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyaribari Masaba, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Manduku",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Hon. Samuel Atandi-led Budget and Appropriations Committee has done a commendable job. I am not an expert in finance, but I have gone through the proposed expenditure and estimates, and I can comfortably say that this Committee has, for once, balanced the revenue and the expenditure side while minimising the deficit. From the onset, I commend the work done that has been done by the Committee in trying to ensure that we get some discipline in matters finance. Without repeating what most of my colleagues have said, I will highlight a few areas that are very key and pertinent to ensuring that we have a disciplined financial sector. One, I commend the Committee for ensuring that Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), which is mandated by law to collect taxes on behalf of this country, has been given resources to expand the tax base. Further, it has been given resources to implement a new system so that we can minimise human interaction and, therefore, eradicate possible areas of conflict or corruption. If we ensured that 70 to 80 per cent of our tax raising measures are tech-driven and that there is no human interface, I can assure you that under the guidance of a very able Commissioner General, Mr Wattanga, that revenue Authority will surpass its current targets. There are good signs given that already, in areas tax collection, and with specific reference to value added tax, the authority is doing very well. It is exceeding expectations. Something else that I commend this Committee on, and in hindsight, remember what we went through last year, is that there are no adverse tax raising measures in this Budget. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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