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    "id": 1216464,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1216464/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to point out a case of Nyamira County. As we speak, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has attached the accounts of the Nyamira County Assembly. We cannot access the account. The allegations are that the County Government has not remitted Pay As You Earn (PAYE). I can authoritatively say that remittances for December and January have not been remitted to Nyamira County. PAYE is deducted at source. You pay and then deduct. I pose the question; how can KRA purport to demand to be given PAYE for money that has not been disbursed and we have one Government? I remember the Mwongozo Charter had the policy of “One Government, One Service, One Nation”. So, does KRA live in Kenya or elsewhere? I request the Committee that will look at these allegations to summon KRA. Yesterday, I was at the National Treasury. You should sympathise with me because I walk with this letter from KRA wherever I go. I want the accounts of Nyamira County opened. I seek permission to table this letter here, so that the Committee that will look into this matter can summon KRA. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you can attach accounts of private entities, but not of another Government body, by the same Government agency. This is not right. This has caused havoc. We are celebrating the International Week for Women, but Members of Nyamira County Assembly (MCAs) have impeached the County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Finance, Ms. Emily Ongaga. It is because of KRA attaching their accounts. We need to restore order on the functions of Government. We cannot have this kind of situation. Maybe Nyamira County has been isolated."
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