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    "id": 482360,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/482360/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gichigi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1909,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kamunye Gichigi",
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    "content": "Currently, we have a major debate and governors are asking for more money. The Treasury has shown us how they are going to raise revenue at the national level. What are the governors doing about raising revenues at the county levels? Instead of going to the traditional areas where the local governments used to collect revenues, they wake up one morning and impose taxes without considering whether these taxes are harmful to the local economy. They are not focusing on proper revenue collection; instead of bringing in efficiency, they are targeting new taxes. My position is that we should make sure that governors do their work. This business of governors holding meetings in Nairobi, and for a whole month, they are not in their counties, is not good. They are always in Nairobi instead of focusing on the real issues in the counties. I urge them to focus on these they should compete and tell us the counties that are raising more revenues than others. They should show us the counties that have improved in terms of revenue collection. The reason I am urging my colleagues to support this Bill is because it does not raise taxes unlike in previous years when the Cabinet Secretary would come here and announce a litany of new taxes. This year round, no taxes have been raised. We require efficiency in the tax collection authority. We also require austerity measures to ensure that the amount that we collect is properly utilized. When it comes to procurement, we should utilize funds well, and the former Ministry of Public Works, otherwise known as “the Ministry of Public Wastage”, should stop its habitual inflation of contracts. I also urge the NSSF to look at their governance structures. That is the organization that can assist this country in infrastructure bonds and commercial paper. I beg to support."
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