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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. People have to get bonga points now because the ground is shaky for many of us, including myself. However, I am an old guard. I am not looking for bonga points. On what Hon. Irea has said, all we are saying is that you cannot promise populist things that you cannot implement. Not so long ago, there was the usual rhetoric about putting one million acres of land under irrigation by this time. You now hear that the Government is about to import maize from Brazil. From this Budget, we are going to import maize from Brazil. If you hear about containers coming from South America, you would be foolish not to think about drugs. I have personally been here long enough to know that in the last four years, we have failed to implement our national budgets in accordance with our rhetoric. Where are the laptops that we promised Standard One pupils? Where is the Kshs34 billion that was allocated to the project? Last week, the CS for the National Treasury came here and said something about a matter I sought to address in this House recently, which caused a lot of debate. I want Hon. Gikaria to listen. The CS said that he had slapped the betting companies with a 50 per cent tax on gross betting collections, but he made no mention of regulations. Taxation is just one of the issues 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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