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    "id": 685236,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/685236/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Limo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1915,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
        "slug": "joseph-kirui-limo"
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    "content": "people. We want a more innovative way of collecting taxes. They should move towards introducing advertisements. The Government has invested a lot in street lighting. County governments should take advantage of this and construct good billboards on poles to raise more taxes. We want to hear county governments coming up with Finance Bills such as this one, but exempting mama mboga and boda boda operators from taxes so that our people are relieved from poverty due to lack of employment. The reality is that we cannot promise our people formal employment. We should encourage them to set up businesses through exemption of taxes. Finally, as we look for a way of encouraging investors, we should not only concentrate on foreign investors. We should not say that we want to exempt foreign investors from paying taxes, but we should say that we will exempt people who want to invest in a certain field. Many people in this county have money, but they have not been approached. Governors go to foreign countries to look for investors yet there are people in this country who are ready to invest. Let us encourage our local investors by exempting levies and taxes which normally force them move to other countries. They should be encouraged to invest in this country. I support the Bill, but I will propose some amendments to make it better."
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