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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mathare, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Oluoch",
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    "content": "invited to study both. I have audited one-third of the proposals for amendments and my view is, it goes contrary to our Standing Orders and the traditions of this House. You cannot amend more than a certain percentage or fraction of a Bill without mutilating it or without it turning out to be another Bill. Out of the 84 clauses that I have gone through, of one particular stakeholder, out of the more than 180, 50 per cent have either been amended, deleted or agreed to by the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. This means that more than 50 per cent of this Bill after the report will have been tabled, will not be the same Bill. Having dispensed with preliminary issues, I would like to state as follows. I have gone through five Finance Bills. This will be the sixth. On this particular one, and on very many clauses touching on ordinary Kenyans, this Government has gerrymandered, prevaricated, wobbled and in the end said nothing and presented nothing to the people of Kenya. This Bill is for rejection. It is not only punitive, it is selective and creates classes and inequality among the people of Kenya. It is contrary to the provisions of the Constitution, in particular Article 40, that establishes proprietary ownership over salaries and earnings of individuals. It is contrary to the provisions and the tax principles under Article 201 that says that tax must be simple, equitable and accountable. You put in place a Housing Levy in which, you do not know whether it is a levy or a tax. If it is a tax, you cannot say that people will come and seek for refund. If it is a saving, then it is voluntary. There are many other reasons this Bill should be rejected. I stand here to support many and most of our colleagues who have said that…"
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