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    "id": 1102471,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, as you all know, Standing Order 225(2)(b) requires the Speaker to report to the House any petition other than those presented by an Hon. Member. Further, Article 119 of the Constitution provides for the right of any person to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority, including petitioning the House to enact, amend or repeal any legislation. In this regard, I wish to report to the House that my office has received a Petition from one Antony Manyara and one John Wangai of P. O. Box 17586, Nairobi, calling for urgent repeal of Section 13 of the Finance Act, 2018 in order to address drastic increases in prices of petroleum and petroleum products through abolition of the currently prescribed 8 per cent Value Added Tax. Hon. Members, in their Petition, the petitioners decry the passage of Section 13 of the Finance Act, 2018, which amended Section 5(2) of the Value Added Tax, 2013, that introduced a Value Added Tax of 8 per cent on petroleum and petroleum products, which had previously been tax exempt. This taxation rate was pegged at the taxable value of petroleum and petroleum products exclusive of excise duty, fees and other charges. The petitioners aver that all taxpayers and consumers of petroleum and petroleum products have been adversely impacted by the law which they term as “draconian.” The petitioners seek the intervention of this House to consider repealing Section 13 of the Finance Act, 2018 in order to address the sharp increase in prices of petroleum and petroleum products through abolition of the currently prescribed 8 per cent Value Added Tax. This is in view of its overarching and substantial impact on taxpayers and consumers of the said products, which they have listed as petroleum oils, oils from bituminous minerals, motor vehicle fuel, spirits, kerosene-based jet fuel, illuminating kerosene and natural gas in gaseous state. 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."
}