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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "expand the subject of the Bill, or it is not appropriate or it is not in logical sequence to the subject matter of the Bill. The Leader of the Minority party, Hon. John Mbadi, is proposing to amend the Bill in Clause 12 by inserting a new item in the Second Schedule of the Value Added Tax Act 2013, whose effect is to zero-rate taxable goods imported or purchased for direct and exclusive use in implementation of official aid funded projects. In addition, the Member for Gatundu South, Hon. Moses Kuria, is proposing to amend Clause 11 of the Bill, as well as an insertion of New Clauses 14A, 14B, 28A and 38 in the Bill. These amendments, which target the VAT Act 2013, the Tax Procedures Act, 2015, the Insurers Act Cap.487 and the Stamp Duty Act Cap.480 not only offend the provisions of Stranding Order 133 (5), but proceeding with the same will offend the provisions of Article 144 of the Constitution. This is because the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, having taken the views of the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury, recommends to the House in its Report that the House should not proceed to consider the amendments. I, therefore, direct that the Committee of the whole House shall not consider the amendments proposed by the two Members to the stated Bill. The House is accordingly guided."
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