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"content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to second."
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"content": " Very well."
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"content": "The first bite goes to Hon. Anthony Oluoch."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to begin from the question that you asked the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party, on what specific aspects of this Bill the public will be interested to know that would enhance the principles of taxation and the principle of finances that are set out in the chapter on finances. I want to start by picking out two issues. One, is the role that it has delineated in terms of marking the delineation of the authority and jurisdictions of both the national and county governments in respect of the duty to collect taxes. That is important because between the two levels of government, this Bill puts a marker on the ground by saying that the primary duty for the imposition of levies and taxes lays with the national Government. It then delegates to the county government the role to levy taxes and also puts limitations. This has been clearly provided for in Clause 4 of the Bill. It puts an overall oversight caveat that the county government shall, within ten months of imposition, levying of taxes or putting proposals for collection of taxes, submit to the National Treasury or the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), the proposals that it intends to use for collection of taxes, levies or fees."
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"content": "The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "One important point under Clause 4 of the Bill that is very crucial is that those proposals will have to specify certain things that are key to prudent use of financial resources that are set out under Articles 200 up to 210 of the Constitution. One of those is that there must be particulars of the authority under the county government that is going to collect the tax. Why is this important? It is important to know what mechanism, entity or organ is entrusted to collect tax. We have a situation in which county governments engage private companies to collect fees for them, fees which we do not know how, to what extent, how much or how they are remitted. It says here that, other than specifying who the collecting entity is, the method likely to be used in enforcing compliance, and the compliance burden on tax payers, it should specify the impact on individuals and businesses. One of the things that must come out clearly in this Bill, and which I think we should propose in the Third Reading, is what we find under Articles 201-209 of the Constitution. The benefits of taxation must be shared equally. As we delegate the power to collect taxes to county governments, it cannot be that the people who did not vote for or support a current county government will suffer under- development arising out of taxation that everybody without exception is required to share the burden of. The benefits and distribution of county government levies and fees must percolate down to every corner of the ward. One of the key tenets of our Constitution, especially in Article 118, is a requirement to consult, seek views and have public participation. Right now, the National Assembly is embarking on an amendment to the Finance Bill. It is important to note that very extensive public participation is required to be conducted. It behoves the county governments to ensure that, as they collect views, which they will submit to the KRA and the National Treasury on the fees that they will levy, the people must be consulted on what the fees are, their extent, the impact and the pitfalls that are likely to come as a result of the imposition of the fees. One other provision that I found very interesting is under Clause 5 on waiver and variations. The caveat in this is what needs to interest us. In collection of taxes, one of the things we have had to deal with in this Parliament, whether it was waiver on importation of sugar or fertiliser, is the arbitrariness."
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"content": " On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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