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    "id": 1004509,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": " In fact, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, let me thank the Chair for proposing that amendment and agreeing, after consultations, to do it with a further amendment to replace the word “shall” with “may”. To clarify, the word “shall” that we are removing is in sub clause (i) and not the others. The others remain “the National Assembly shall”, and “the notice shall”. We are changing and saying \"the commissioner may with the approval...\" and not \"shall\". So, it is only in (i) where we are changing, which states: “Despite Section 8, the Commissioner may with the approval of the Cabinet Secretary...” That is to provide discretion for this to be effected only when it is necessary. I spoke to this during the Second Reading of the Bill, that this particular clause is, indeed, unconstitutional. Therefore, I support the amendment because it is only this House that can enact legislation that relates to taxation of the people that we represent. Therefore, we must ensure that at any time the Commissioner General wants to effect any changes to tax rates, he brings those changes to this House for the people's representatives to do their work."
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