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    "id": 1274276,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1274276/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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    "content": "Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on the effect of stay of application of East African Community (EAC) Common External Tarrif (CET) rates on revenue collection for Financial Year 2022/2023. The Deputy Commissioner in Charge of Risk Management Division, Customs and Border Control directed a stay of application of the EAC CET rules and rates that are applied on minimum yields for the containerized cargo covered by the fourth band of the 2022 EAC CET vide a memo dated 27th July 2022. The EAC Council of Ministers controls tariffs. The Deputy Commissioner, alongside one other officer, wrote a memo asking their staff members to stay application, which in turn had an effect on the year's revenue target. Further, the same officials extended the stay through a letter dated 7th September 2022. It is with this background that I seek a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on the following: 1. Could the Committee provide an explanation on whether the Deputy Commissioner or any other Revenue Authority staff member has the power to direct the stay of EAC CET rates as presented under Legal Notice No.EAC/117/2022 and Legal Notice No.EAC/118/2022. Is this directive not an economic crime owing to its low effect on the country's revenue target? 2. Could the Chairperson state when the Legal Notice No.EAC117/2022 and Legal Notice No.EAC/118/2022 took effect? 3. Could the Chairperson provide details on the amount of revenue that this country lost due to the stay, as per the memos? 4. Who should be held responsible for the said economic crime, if any? Thank you."
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