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    "id": 1105686,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "It does not get better because the appointment of members to the tribunal is also the mandate of the CS the National Treasury, who also is a beneficiary of the work of KRA. He is obviously desirous of optimising the revenue collections by KRA. Again, as I said, within the framework of our new Constitution, Article 169 basically says that tribunals should be within the jurisdiction of subordinate courts and supervised by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Our Tax Tribunal is put under the jurisdiction of the National Treasury, which is obviously against the Constitution. To remedy part of this, the Bill proposes to amend Section 4 of the Act, first of all, on the appointment of members of the tribunal, by conferring those powers to the JSC as opposed to the CS, the National Treasury. JSC also proposes the modalities of appointment of those people. Currently and I know I did this during my time, we would have stakeholders propose names and the CS would appoint but now, I think this has been challenged in the courts. To ensure we do not have this kind of situation, we now have, within the Bill, the whole process of how the vacancies will be declared and how a panel will be selected. This is because you are not just appointing lawyers. I know JSC 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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