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    "id": 1043910,
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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": " Having consulted with the Chair, my amendment was basically seeking to defer this to the end of June 2021 to allow those people who are earning less than Kshs 50,000 to benefit from the increased lower taxes. However, if you look at the rates as they have been computed there, I have done my homework because I asked one staffer from the Parliamentary Budget Office to get me an analysis. I think the same analysis has been shared with the Committee. As Junet said, I am a senior accountant so I am very keen on these things to ensure that we do not punish those who are earning less. What this particular amendment will do is most likely hurt those who are earning more. It is a good principle in taxation to tax more those who have more and be able to spare those who have less. Therefore, because the tax relief is not being changed, it is assuaging the loss that the low taxpayer bracket would have had because we are not reverting to the pre-COVID time tax relief. The tax remains as it were. So, those people that I sought to protect will not be negatively affected. Therefore, I wish to withdraw that amendment and will carry the Chair’s amendment."
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