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    "id": 601885,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/601885/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyamweya",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 391,
        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "In Kisii County, where I come from, the Rural Electrification Authority (REA) has done a very good job in terms of supplying power. They got funds from the Ex-chequer. It is one area where you can say that the Government has provided funds whose results are evident. The amount of money that is allocated to the REA through the national Budget is very minimal but the impact of those funds in most constituencies is evident. You can see the effect of REA in market places. When you compare the amount of money that the REA get with the amounts given to other Government Departments, you wonder what is happening in other Ministries. Infrastructure is critical for this nation. You know my sentiments when we were discussing the construction of the SGR. I was against it. If that money had been used to improve the infrastructure in Nairobi alone, this city could have become a super place for development. If that money had been used to construct dual carriageways from Mombasa to Nairobi, Nairobi to Kisumu, and Eldoret to Malaba, it would have made sense. The issue of people claiming that the Jubilee is not implanting any projects would not be a factor if that money had been used for that purpose. This money has been dumped in a bush. We do not feel its effect. If you tell somebody in Kisii that there is a railway being constructed from Mombasa to Nairobi, he or she will not know what you are talking about. In terms of development, I wish the Jubilee Government would get their priorities right so as to give infrastructure, especially roads, the first priority. This Bill can only encourage tax collectors to collect tax if the Government is going to fight corruption. If corruption is going to be the order of the day, how can a man wake up every morning to risk his life to go to hostile offices to collect tax? How can he go there to collect taxes? With those few remarks, I support the Bill."
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