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    "id": 955202,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I remember very well that we dealt with a legislation in this House that talked about outside advertising. We realize that yesterday we concluded a very lengthy battle with our colleagues from the National Assembly, some who probably do not understand the reason why we are here when they go out there and utter all manner of nasty words about this House. What we ought to do is to guide these county governments on how they can be able to enhance their own source revenue. One of the areas which is very important - I hope that treasury will pursue this - there is no reason as to why, currently, we are dealing a lot with cash. We should come up with a legislation that encourages every business in this country to transact electronically so that we are able to tell how much is being collected. When we had the city councils or the county councils in the past, the chairman of the council and the clerk were very aggressive in making sure that everyone had paid plot rates. As I speak, we still have a battle in Narok County. Members of the business community went to court and said that they do not want to change from being a town to a municipality because it will broaden the tax collection. As the Senate of this Republic, instead of just pointing fingers at the county governments and saying that they are not raising more or the money they raise is being misused, it is time we developed a legislation that will ensure that we use technology."
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