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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Likoni, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Mishi Mboko",
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        "legal_name": "Mishi Juma Khamisi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I would like to appreciate Hon. Gladys Wanga together with her team for the good work they have done on the Finance Bill of 2021. I just want to agree with her that it is a difficult time for our country. We really want to balance between raising some revenue to ensure that we implement some services to Kenyans and also balancing how we are going to relieve some burden from Kenyans in terms of taxation. I just want to appreciate so many proposals that have been given through the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. Firstly, I want to talk about the tax relief from those who contribute to NHIF. You remember that among the Big Four agenda by His Excellency the President, one of them is Universal Health Care. In doing so, giving tax reliefs for those who contribute on NHIF, more Kenyans will be encouraged to make NHIF contributions. I also want to echo the issue of tax rebates for those employers who engage in apprenticeship; who engage our graduates from our technical colleges or universities. As a Member of Parliament representing Likoni Constituency, I have a TVET in my area. I know very soon I will have some graduates with different skills. When doing this, we also encourage our students or our children to undertake these skills because they know very well there is a place where they are going to have some internship and a place where they are going to practice what they have learnt in those colleges. Another thing that I want to appreciate, is the issue of vast status of oil exploitation of taxable services. The committee has proposed that instead of being zero-rated they should be tax exempted. This is something that is going to encourage a lot of transaction in terms of importation and exportation. The issue of exemption of tax on bread, no matter how we see it, is not a small thing. Today when you go to boarding schools and talk about bread, all the students will be excited. It is like a staple food in boarding schools. So, we welcome that issue of no VAT on bread."
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