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    "id": 1003303,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1003303/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Kuria",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13435,
        "legal_name": "Francis Kuria Kimani",
        "slug": "francis-kuria-kimani"
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    "content": "The KRA has been relying on traditional means of collecting taxes. That is why year after year it never achieves the target. People have moved. You find people now hardly carrying cash. You either swipe your card or pay via M-PESA or the other mobile platforms and yet the KRA has relied on the traditional ways of following up on defaulters. That is why the Committee was asking, could we increase the budgetary allocation of the KRA so that they can invest in vibrant technology systems that will even catch a lot of money that is out there that is not taxed? I will give you an example, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. If you spread hate speech now on any of the social media platforms, you will have the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC). They have systems that will check which word you have said that is against the Act and they even come and arrest you where you are. Then how come KRA still relies on postal addresses when they want to summon you to pay your taxes? How come that they even rely on very old ways 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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