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    "id": 1105721,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Keter",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support the Bill 100 per cent. I thank the Leader of the Majority Party but, more so, the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning led by Hon. Gladys Wanga. Is she normally called Nyasuguta? What is her other name? It is Nyasuna. She is the first ever person not from the ruling side to be the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. Now that we are discussing the Tax Appeals Tribunal (Amendment) Bill, we now know that tax laws are domiciled in the National Assembly. I support the Bill because tax disputes are not only scary to investors, but are also time- consuming. Sometimes, they are not resolved in a manner that allows Kenyans to be confident in paying taxes. We have 900 appeals, as mentioned by the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Amos Kimunya, who was, at one time, the Minister for Finance. I know he knew what was going on in those appeals. When we have appeals against the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), those are disputes between the citizens or taxpayers and the KRA. It is the KRA that collect taxes on behalf of the National Treasury. When it is the KRA that appoints and pays the salaries of the members of the 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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