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    "id": 1257463,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1257463/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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    "content": " Hon. Chairlady, this amendment could never have been brought by a better person than the Hon. Member for Mathare. The part that we are not telling about this content creation digital tax is the journey that we have walked. Hon. Chairlady, the proposal by the Committee on Finance and National Planning seeks to do two things. One is to bring equity. This is the House mandated by the country to ensure there is equitable distribution of resources but also an equitable carrying of the burden. Every profession in this country pays tax. Every profession is taxed at a certain rate. The journey that we have walked from the time the proposal was made is that this tax has been reduced from an up of 15 per cent to where we are now, at 5 per cent. The argument we made, we who are concerned about the real content creators, was that they cannot be inequitably taxed. If other professions are being taxed at 5 per cent then digital content creators should also be taxed at not more than 5 per cent. The truth of the matter is that there has been a 15 per cent reduction from the proposal to where we are. I stand to support."
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