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    "id": 955036,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/955036/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Gitonga",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13491,
        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": "It is also important to emphasise that while we collect revenue using various methods of taxation that have been introduced in the Bill, the money is meant for rendering services to the people of Kenya. Whether the revenue is by the central Government or by the county governments, it should be for the benefit of the citizens as intended. We know very well that there are vices that come with money collection and the most prevalent one is corruption. Money is collected through taxation and then it is misapplied because of rampant corruption in various sectors. We call upon the Government to ensure that once the revenue is collected, it is applied to the basics or the necessities of the citizens. The basics include education. We must allocate sufficient money to our education sector, so that we can improve on it. We need to improve our primary schools through infrastructure development, TVETs in the constituencies and our universities, which are the pinnacle of our education sector. Let us have each, allocated sufficient money, so that they are able to discharge their functions. We must also move to other basic needs like health. We call upon the Government to ensure that we have proper health facilities, whether they are under the national Government or the county governments. Without a good health system, the country cannot be said to be productive and as a result, we will have a Finance Bill which we cannot implement, or a Finance Bill that tells us that this is how we raise money for purposes of financing our Budget, but in the process we will not raise the money to do that."
}