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    "id": 482357,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gichigi",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kamunye Gichigi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support this particular Finance Bill. The intention of this law is to release funds to enable the Government to run. It was indicated to us by the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for the National Treasury is that he was going to raise funds locally and from overseas. Hon. Deputy Speaker, let me again, like my colleague, start by commending the KRA for doing a good job. For several years in the recent past they have not been able to attain their target, but in the last financial year, indeed, they surpassed their target. What I will be asking is that our President, like his predecessor hon. Mwai Kibaki, should become a champion of KRA; he should keep on reminding Kenyans to pay taxes whenever he has an opportunity. This is because without Kenyans paying taxes this country is not going anywhere. So, Mr. President, become the champion of voluntary payment of taxes in this country. Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is very expensive to collect taxes through audits and coercion; if Kenyans were to voluntarily pay their taxes, the cost 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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