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    "id": 354502,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/354502/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gichigi",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Kipipiri",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kamunye Gichigi",
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    "content": " Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. My names are Samuel Gichigi from Kipipiri Constituency. I would like to say pongezi to all Members of this House and its leadership. When I listened to the President make his Speech in Parliament, I was excited because the message that he was putting across brought a lot of hope to most of us. When I went back to Kipipiri, I realized that the youth there are waiting for the fund that the President promised. I will not repeat the other issues that my colleagues have discussed. It is important to remember one thing; while we are discussing what we are going to do with the money that the Government is going to supply, nobody is thinking about how we are going to raise revenue. How are we going to generate the revenue that we intend to spend? Looking at the Constitution, there are very many commissions that were created by the last Parliament and all of them are focused on using money; not generating revenue. So, it is important that the President goes back to his Speech and rethinks where we are going to get this money. There is only one paragraph that discusses revenue collection. It talks about sealing leakages. If you have an opportunity to speak with the leadership of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), they will tell you that they are one of the most underfunded parastatals by the Government. A time will come when they will be unable even to send their officers to go and collect revenue from various areas. It is important that as we pass laws in this country and as we look at the Budget that the Government will bring here, we need to think about where the money will be coming from and not just how to spend it. With respect to disaster management, it is important that the Government looks at this issue. Let us pass the law that will establish the Disaster Management Authority as soon as possible. We always rush at the eleventh hour when disaster strikes."
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