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    "id": 1108588,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1108588/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi West, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Patrick Musimba",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Mweu Musimba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. While I support the Committee’s endeavour to comprehensively look into the issue of fuel pricing, I would like to draw the attention of the House to the principles of taxation – fairness and equity to the citizenry. One of the things I would ask the Committee to pay special attention to is the high Corporate Tax burden in Kenya, which currently stands at 32 per cent. We cannot have commodities in Kenya that have been taxed over and above; 30 per cent, 32 per cent and 60 per cent. As an enabler to the economy, fuel is one of those instances. As we are getting tax measures being proposed through the Finance Act, we need to have a principle that ensures that individuals are not being encumbered by individual commodities of their own; partaking through their taste and preferences such that what they are paying in terms of indirect taxes. It is actually overwhelming to what they are contributing in the form of direct taxes to the country. I think this need to be a principle so that we know the drivers to our economy is savings which is equals to investment. Hon. Speaker, many people end up working purely to pay bills for survival. We are not seeing mobilisation of savings and I think this would be a very big pointer for the Committee to address so that we can see how we can propel this country forward. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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