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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Henry Rotich",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury",
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    "content": "tax evaders. Indeed, if everybody pays their fair share of taxes, we would be in a better position to lower tax rates. As part of the review of the Income Tax, we are considering to introduce a presumptive tax for the hard-to-tax segment of our people, including those in the informal sector. On social service delivery, one Kenyan in the Diaspora by the name Wanjiku told us: “Invest more in education. Through this, you will instil national pride and in 20 years or less, people will pay their taxes, public servants will serve with integrity and the systems will take care of the less fortunate.” We share the same conviction with Wanjiku. It is for this reason that we are heavily investing in education through the free primary education, the free day secondary education, the Digital Literacy Program popularly known as laptops, as well as expanding our technical training institutes and our universities. Of course, we are well aware that in addition to investing in education, investing in health is equally important and working with counties, we have prioritized this sector in funding, including introducing medical equipment leasing initiatives. On accelerating economic growth rate, a Mr. Gilbert Kiyeng from Elgeyo Marakwet wrote to me and said:- “The Government should focus on improving and creating new factories to process agricultural products.” He wonders: “Why are mangoes left rotting in farms like in Kerio Valley and potatoes getting wasted during the periods of high yields? The Government should create a factory to process and export dried mangoes and chips. It is a multi-billion business in the Philippines. If we can improve processing of agricultural products, we can create more jobs and expand our economy by more than 10 per cent annually”. This proposal is in line with our plan to transform the agricultural sector, improve productivity, efficiency and coordination throughout the entire value chain. Of course"
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