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"content": "Wakenya ni wale wale na mshahara ni ule ule."
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"content": "Where do we go? We need to pump some sense to our governors. You cannot overtax Kenyans. In Nairobi, we have retirees in Kilimani who used to pay rates of Kshs7,000. Now, the demand note for this year is over Kshs50,000. Where do these Kenyans go? The unfortunate thing is that you are taxing Kenyans without provision of services. If you ask the retirees, they have never known anything called garbage collection by the Nairobi City County Government. They buy bottled water to drink. There are no train services from where they live to town. Go to Gikomba Market and look at the state of the road and conditions under which those poor Kenyans are doing their businesses. There is no water. When they go to hospitals, there is no medicine, yet we are taxing them. As elected leaders, we are the only ones who can speak for the voiceless people because they have no voice. The only voice they have is through their Senators. Do we sit back and watch the Governor of Kisumu introduce 10 per cent rates on properties to those poor residents of Kisumu County? We must do something. I do not know which committee we look into this matter, but we need to be serious and look for a solution. Pay as you earn has a cap. However, for rates, whether you are poor or rich, once the county says you should pay 10 per cent, you have nowhere to run to."
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"content": "(Sen. Omogeni’s microphone was switched off)"
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, just one minute."
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"content": " Allow the hon. Senator one minute to conclude."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I plead that the committee relook into this matter and take it seriously. Even if it means us looking for legislative intervention. We must do something to intervene. Over taxation can create a revolution. If you tax Kenyans beyond what they have in their pockets, you will be courting a revolution. Let us be sensitive on issues dealing with taxation. Let us not overtax Kenyans. Let us be fair, sensitive and considerate on our taxation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, my President, William Ruto, should know that the buck will stop with him. The cry of Kenyans will be at his doorstep. So, he needs to rein in on our governors. I thank you."
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"content": " Sen. Murgor, please proceed."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to join my colleagues in making my comments on the insecurity in Samburu County. It is pathetic that this area called Baragoi is all the time in news, that people have been killed, vehicles have been ambushed, things have been snatched away, property, including cows and goats have been stolen. The security agents in these areas know where these thugs or robbers or killers are common or frequent. Therefore, they should be able to display tight security activities around those areas so that these people do not succeed. I have known this for a long time because my county is in Rift Valley. There has been security issues along Kerio and the border between Kenya and Uganda. We have made sure that they do not succeed in taking cows, goats or the animals that they have The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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"content": "stolen. We pursue until we return. When that is done, they become discouraged and do not attempt another raid. The culprits should be pursued until the security men, especially now that we have National Police Reserve (NPR). We should be able to succeed or do better than when we did not have them. I support."
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"content": " Sen. Onyonka Richard, please proceed."
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