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    "id": 216975,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/216975/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Tett",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Housing",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I was saying, we should take pride in what the Government has achieved. We collect a lot of taxes. We no longer have to beg from donors. We now give donors conditions rather than the other way round. The taxes collected have come from Kshs1.4 billion to almost Kshs3 billion or Kshs4 billion per day. That is a great achievement. We should salute Kenyans for agreeing to pay taxes. In the past, Kenyans were evading paying taxes. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I heard some hon. Members say that the growth in economy is not felt at the grassroots. The Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) has benefited so many people at the grassroots. If Kshs40 million or Kshs50 million is given out, it goes out to the grassroots. It comes from the top to the bottom. When building schools in our constituencies, it is local people who provide labour. Therefore, we should not say that people at the grassroots do not feel this growth. Many people are employed and they get a lot of money from these projects. This is a lot of money that---"
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