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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisumu West, Ford-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Olago Aluoch",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The tenet of modern democracy is that there should be no taxation without representation. That is why we have brought them to this House. I looked at the Report that we are debating and I have listened very carefully to those who are supporting and those who are opposing. What comes to my mind is this: For the last seven days or so, the media has been reporting on these deliberations in a way that is slanted against this House; not knowing the fact that this House is the one that can save the country. I want to say that the Committee under my good friend Hon. Ichung’wah has looked at the Report that has put us under fire. The spotlight is on this House arising from what came from the National Treasury. I wonder because if it was not for this Committee and we left this in the hands of the Cabinet Secretary Rotich and his mandarins at the Treasury, where would this country be? I have looked at what is in this Report and I have seen the difficulty this has got to undergo. We have got to toe the thin line between analysing what we are able to raise and what we are able to spend. I have looked and listened very carefully to the Chairman of Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, Hon. Cheptumo, talking about the difficulties in the Judiciary. I have listened to Hon. Kaluma and having analysed all this, I want to say that we have to take this pill that is bitter. I wish to support this Report, Hon. Speaker."
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