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    "id": 736614,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/736614/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2197,
        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
        "slug": "daniel-kitonga-maanzo"
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    "content": "that we provide the Government with more money to cater for its activities while hurting Kenyans and discouraging any development? Majority of Kenyans are very poor. Very few Kenyans earn high salaries. They earn very little salaries. That is why in future, we need to look, as a country, at means and ways of investing in the resources that we have, like other countries have done. We need to take care of our oil. We need to invest in it. I am sure Kenya will make Kshs40 trillion out of that investment and that will cover our Budget 20 times our current Budget. Kenyans will enjoy a lot of tax relief. Kenyans are overtaxed. Countries which have exploited their natural resources such as Botswana have low tax regimes. Healthcare and education are free, but we have a different experience in Kenya altogether. We need to invest in oil production and security systems, so that we can increase our tourism base and foreign exchange earnings. That way, even if we are affected by drought, we will have enough money to mitigate the effects of such drought. We need to invest in irrigation to cushion Kenyans from effects of drought and enhance food sufficiency in the country."
}