{"id":102533,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/102533/?format=json","text_counter":277,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Ogindo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":120,"legal_name":"Martin Otieno Ogindo","slug":"martin-ogindo"},"content":"For him to project a growth rate of 5.1 per cent, I think is slightly ambitious. That means a lot of work will have to be done on our taxes. It is on that account that I want to support the proposed amendments on our taxes. There are proposals to streamline the VAT tax, which is a key source of our revenue. In the last financial year, we collected a total of Kshs146 billion. There is a projection of Kshs172 billion. For that reason, I want to support the reforms that have been brought in the VAT regime."}