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    "id": 252732,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Obwocha",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Planning and National Development",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Henry Onyancha Obwocha",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have never heard of the hon. Member for Nyakach Constituency sleeping in the House! However, today, he has been caught sleeping. I said that it is this House that allocates money to Accounting Officers. We are sending them a message that we do not want to hear that money has been returned to the Treasury. That is all I said. We are sending a message as Parliamentarians. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to commend the Ministry of Water and Irrigation for drilling a number of boreholes. It has done a good job. That is an example other Ministries should follow. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Electronic Tax Registers (ETRs) are good for this country. If we follow that route, we are going to double our revenue collection. We will not depend on those people who keep on telling us: \"You must do this! You must do that!\" That is a project that everybody in this country should support. The people who are opposing that project are the ones who have been denying this country revenue. We need revenue to implement various projects. That is the reality. I am, therefore, requesting my colleagues in Parliament to support ETRs. They are going to increase Government revenue. If we succeed in doing that, the Minister for Finance should not factor any donor funds in our next Budget. I also want to put all hon. Members on notice! In two months' time, we are going to audit the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) expenditures. We want those funds audited. We want to make sure that they have benefited the people of this country. It is important, for us as hon. Members, to deliver. We must criticise ourselves and provide what Kenyans want squarely. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have requested money for emergency power supply because we do not want our industries to collapse. We want to use that money to supply our homes and various institutions with electricity. Finally, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir--- 614 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 20, 2006"
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