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    "id": 797596,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murugara",
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        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": "Therefore, this is another area that has to be emphasised so that we are able to attract investors into the country, both local and external. We must, therefore, device a taxation system that is appealable to those who wish to invest in our country so that when they come to invest, they are certain of getting their returns and continue to invest more for the betterment of the country. Therefore, we have to look at policies like less taxation but efficient system of collecting taxes such that the Government also benefits from it. I also wish to commend on the handshake which has turned our country into another direction. This is a handshake which we should term magical. It is a laudable effort to unite our country because when this country is united, we move in one direction, in togetherness and in realising the goals of development. When the country is divided, we realise we see very little of the potential we have, as a result of which we are drawn backwards in development. I, therefore, laud His Excellency the President and the Rt. Hon. Former Prime Minister, Hon. Raila Odinga, for shaking their hands and to symbolically show that the country is now united. We actually emulated that yesterday by shaking our hands, exchanging good words and also by embracing the President’s call to forgive one another. We are just from a campaign where we may have uttered words that were not good to one another; it is high time we apologised to the other side. As I conclude, as we realise the Big Four Agenda for the country, we seek that this extends to rural constituencies. Rural constituencies include my own constituency of Tharaka, where we would want to see more of food security, good health, better infrastructure and the extension of the manufacturing sector into those areas. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support His Excellency the President’s State of the Nation Address."
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