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    "id": 1060880,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1060880/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Godfrey Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Osotsi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Treasury and National Planning the following Question: (i) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain the cause of declining national revenue performance that has led to Exchequer and budgetary challenges in Government and confirm whether any organisational and managerial challenges being experienced at Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) have also contributed to the decline? (ii) Could the Cabinet Secretary provide a detailed list of all top management positions at KRA indicating the positions, names of current holders, county of origin, ethnicity, academic and professional qualifications of holders and number of years of service? (iii) Could the Cabinet Secretary further explain why the tax appeal and disputes mechanism has occasioned questionable and irregular tax reduction and avoidance in favour of some potentially large taxpayers, leading to massive national revenue decline? (iv) Could the Cabinet Secretary provide a report on the status of investigations on senior KRA officials alleged to be engaging in tax fraud and confirm whether KRA management ordered a thorough and professional lifestyle audit on its staff? (v) Could the Cabinet Secretary provide details on how much the country lost in terms of national revenue following the recent migration of the ICT Platform from Legacy Environment to iTax at KRA and how the loss was mitigated? Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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