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    "id": 875001,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/875001/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gem, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Elisha Odhiambo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Elisha Ochieng Odhiambo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I want to reinforce what my colleagues have said. It beats matters of prudence for an ordinary Kenyan who has done business with a county government to go to the bank and the bank asks him where he got the money to do business. It is very sad. That is why the Exchequer has a problem doing collections. If, indeed, we allow all Kenyans to bank their money and withdraw it, we can easily trace those Kenyans who are not able to pay taxes. We do not have problems supporting our Budget. At the moment, we are doing the Budget as the National Assembly. The budget that we have and the money that the Exchequer is releasing to the ministries must meet the needs of those ministries. However, in the Financial Year 2018/2019, money that was released was less than what was budgeted for. It does not make sense. It is important, on this issue, that we take a position as the National Assembly not to allow people who do not know the benefits that a businessman brings to run banks. There are many people who are not businessmen in this country. Only those of us who do business know the importance of supporting this country by paying taxes."
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