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    "id": 926447,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/926447/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "the BPS and worked within the framework of a fiscal deficit that we have all committed to, not just as country, but as a region. You remember there is a convergence that we are working on in the East African states moving towards a fiscal deficit of about 3 per cent by the year 2022. If we are to achieve this, we can only accommodate this Kshs316.5 billion. As I said, anything beyond that has to be accommodated either by specific cuts or specific and quantifiable revenue-raising measures. It is important to remind the country that at a time when Kenyans are experiencing very difficult economic times, specific revenue-raising measures would constitute increment in either raising taxes for Kenyans or other levies that will be more painful to the people of Kenya. Hon. Speaker, it is, therefore, my plea this afternoon that we pass the Division of Revenue Bill as it is and ask our colleagues in the COG, our very able Commissioners at CRA and our Senators to remain alive to the realities of our economy today. As I said, in subsequent Supplementary Budgets, should our economy improve and we see the possibility of the revenues increasing over and above what has been projected; we should be willing and ready…"
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