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    "id": 1004243,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1004243/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipkelion East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Limo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended in Clause 8– (a) by deleting paragraph (b); (b) by deleting paragraph (c) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph− “(c) by deleting the both paragraphs 53”; (c) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (c) – (d) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph 52− 53. Monthly pension granted to a person who is sixty-five years of age or more. This amendment has three parts. In part (a), we are rejecting the proposed amendment which was proposing to remove exemption from Income Tax available for income from the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). We saw this not to be a good move because it was going to reduce benefits payable to members of NSSF. In part (b), there was a proposal to remove paragraph 53 and we realised the paragraph contains two issues, one of which is taxation of benefits to pensioners. To separate the content of that paragraph, we propose to delete the whole paragraph and then, in part (c), we return the benefit which was given to members of the public who are 65 years and above and are receiving monthly pension. So, what we are doing here is to save the pensioners. It is in the public domain that pensioners have been crying about the proposal to tax them. However, through this amendment we have returned that benefit to them so that they will not be taxed."
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