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    "id": 1061409,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kathiani, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Mbui",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Mbui",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Almost all Acts of Parliament delegate some responsibility to the authorities to do some legislation. That is normal because you cannot put everything in an Act of Parliament. So, some little leeway is given to cabinet secretaries to do regulations and those regulations are the ones that come to the Committee. Sometimes I ask myself how life was before the Committee on Delegated Legislation was created. Currently, any instrument must be brought to the House for scrutiny so that we can ensure that it conforms with the law and is also constitutional. Basically, I just want to say that I support this Motion. When we are talking about taxation, many people might be listening out there and thinking that this Parliament is in the middle of the night coming up with new taxation measures and all that. I just want to array anyone’s fears that we are not in any way creating any new regime of taxation. We are not increasing VAT, but we are basically just ensuring that the current situation is improved and collection of taxes, and ensuring that people who are evading taxes in their own sly ways are now brought under the bracket. No one needs to worry that we are discussing tax at night. I have said this because I have some messages to show that people are concerned what this VAT is all about. The current situation is that, honestly, Kenyans are really overburdened by tax. So, they think that in the middle of the night, that is when Members sit and craft new tax regimes. I want to array anyone’s fears that we are not increasing any taxes. We are just streamlining the current situation and ensuring the collection is done in a better manner. I thank you."
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