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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mungatana",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Danson Buya Mungatana",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have had issues in the Budget Committee with the Treasury as far as the revenue Heads are concerned. It appears that there is an attempt to be evasive. Most of the time when we ask them to give clarity on these matters they keep saying that the PSC has sorted out things like that and the same problem goes to the Auditor-General. He has a problem with the differences between the figures that are in the Kenya Revenue Authority, the figures that the CBK gives and the figures that the Minister tables here. So, the issue of revenue is a sensitive matter. What we expected is compliance not only to Article 221 but also--- There is a general requirement under Article 35 of the Constitution that information that is required to be public should be made public. If you look at the format of the expenditure books, you will find that it is very clear. There are line expenditures on all items from the Development Vote to the normal recurrent vote. The Minister was very clear, but the other books on revenue were not tabled. Other than this light piece of paper that is actually talked about as a draft, there is nothing else that shows how much money was collected and under which Vote Heads, whether it is Pay as You Earn, VAT and taxes on capital gains. There is nothing that the Minister has shown to this House regarding all these. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this offends not only Article 221 but also Article 35. We want transparency because we want to know exactly how much money is being collected through taxes in Kenya and how much money goes into expenditure because of the problems we have had with different figures from the CBK, the KRA and what the Minister presents in this House. We do not want this to go on and on as it has been in the past. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wholly support that you should order proper compliance by the Minister by presenting proper books before this House so that this House can be properly informed exactly how much revenue we collect in keeping with the Constitution. Thank you."
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