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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. When a government comes to power, it has its own projects, pledges and ways as to how to manage and govern the country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, before the Jubilee Government came to power, its leaders had gone round the whole country giving pledges, ranging from free primary and secondary education to the laptops, irrigation, the railway construction and so many other things; the leaders gave pledges to support and improve the standard of living of its citizens. It goes without saying that to do those projects you have to first of all consider where you are going to get the resources to be able to accomplish everything. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we want to thank former President Mwai Kibaki for the good work he did for this country. He initiated sufficient collection of our own revenues from taxes and resources within the country, so that we do not become dependants of the foreign countries and donations that are normally given by the developed countries. I want to thank the former President for that concept he brought to this country, which has been replicated by the Jubilee Government. The only way for us to succeed as a Government in accomplishing the pledges that the Jubilee Coalition gave is through collection of enough tax revenues. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to say that hon. Ng’ongo has always been a mentor to us in finance issues. Of course, he has been telling us that this is a money Bill; it thus needs the input of the Finance Committee and the National Treasury. I was listening to hon. Mbadi when he was moving the Bill. He told us why he brought these amendments. One of the issues he mentioned was the dishonesty of business people that are making fraudulent claims to the Tax Department to reap a lot of money. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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