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    "id": 298976,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ogindo",
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        "legal_name": "Martin Otieno Ogindo",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I want to plead with the House that we move together in this because I do not want to disrupt anything that has been done by the Minister which I was gladly part of. I started by pointing out that it is the responsibility of the President of the Republic to ensure security of Kenyans and their property. It is in that light that I want to assign this responsibility to a specific person. If you look at the Bill as published, Article 75 which is sub-headed: “Receivers and Collectors of national government revenue” begins by saying: “The Cabinet Secretary shall, in writing designate persons as receivers of national government revenue under Article 209(1)(2) and (4)---” It leaves a vacuum on who the actual receiver of revenue is. We have an Article that says: “All Government revenue shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund account.” It becomes imperative that there is somebody who is responsible for receiving national government revenue. It is in that light that I have brought this amendment so that after the Cabinet Secretary takes this responsibility, he can delegate it, in writing, to other people to do it on his own behalf. This will go a long way in improving accountability. We could not give this responsibility to anybody other than the head of Treasury, who will be the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Finance."
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