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    "id": 992684,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/992684/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. My other concern with this Bill is that it proposes that the fund shall be used to provide economic remedies to those affected. A pandemic is a disused passport. Resolving the economic impact of a pandemic requires the entire budget of a country and it cannot be done in one year, but over a couple of years. I propose that this fund should not be called the pandemic fund. Instead, it should be said that a fund shall be set up in accordance with the PFM Act, but let the objectives of the fund not be economic because the economic impact shall be settled from a monetary, fiscal and central perspective. Finally, the post-COVID-19 Kenya needs a conversation that is far away from, who is not the Senate Majority Leader, who is going to the Prime Minister or President or which positions are going to be created. We must now have a conversation on how to cut down on the bureaucracy of Government, politics and the waste and corruption in this country. The reality is that we must amend the Division of Revenue Act whether we like it or not. The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) will not be able to collect more than Kshs1.4 trillion. There is a Kshs1 trillion expense that this Government incurs every year that cannot be changed. This country is terribly broke and we are in a situation similar to where the bread winner of a family has lost their job. We must make expensive and painful adjustments to be able to move forward. I support."
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