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    "id": 1061411,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1061411/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Gladys Wanga",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thank the Member for Kathiani for making that clarification. We can very easily be accused of hiding here in the middle of the night to introduce new taxes. These were already dealt with in the Finance Act and, therefore, we are just putting in place a framework within which they can be implemented. So, it is not introducing anything new without the requisite public participation. As the Leader of the Majority Party has correctly put it, the digital market place is growing. More and more people are selling including on Facebook, for example, or other online platforms. In fact, during COVID-19, people closed all their shops, but they have not re-opened them because some people fear licences and all the other requirements. They have gone online. More importantly, this is not so much to focus on our own young people who are doing their innovations, but to keep off big firms that are selling to us here and are paying absolutely no taxes. You cannot compete if your products are being levied VAT, but somebody is selling online and you cannot place them anywhere. They go ahead and sell at much lower rates. The competition is unfair. This is not to disadvantage young Kenyans or any Kenyans, but to fend off that unfair competition, and to have a framework in place. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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