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    "id": 1116984,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Siaya CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Christine Ombaka",
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I am a Member of this Committee. We also observed that there are too many taxes – nine of them. I want to just mention a few of them. We have nine taxes just for petrol. We have excise duty, VAT, Road Maintenance Levy, Anti-Adulteration Levy, Petroleum Development Levy, Petroleum Regulatory Levy, Railway Development Levy, Import Declaration Fee and Merchant Shipping Fee. These nine taxes add to 35 per cent of taxation on petrol. So, we need to remove some of these. We also noticed that the cost of petrol in other countries is much lower than in Kenya because we have too many taxes and levies that we charge on petrol. That is why the prices are very high in Kenya. So, there is need to remove some of these taxes. We also observed something on the Petroleum Development Levy, whose objectives and purpose are not very clear. It is a bit murky. It is not clear. It is controlled by just a few individuals. Therefore, it is also subject to abuse. Although we realise that the prices are high, the issue is our country. The structure of business in this country is complicated and there is unexplained taxation that needs to be removed. That is why we recommend that some of those taxations should be done away with."
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