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    "id": 1347107,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1347107/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kuria Kimani",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I thank all Members who have contributed to the National Tax Policy. They took their time to read through it, sit in the chamber up to this time, and contribute to it. I also thank Members of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, whom I worked with. I also thank our secretariat who worked tirelessly to ensure that we produce the Report. I would like to specially thank the 22 stakeholders who gave their views during public participation. Some of them wrote to us, while others appeared before us in person. We had amazing conversations and they offered suggestions on how we could enrich the Report. I would also like to specially thank the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) who came and sat with us and offered technical assistance as we drafted our recommendations. We urge the National Treasury to incorporate our proposed amendments. The National Tax Policy will then be re-submitted to Parliament for publishing with the said amendments. Kenyans and businesses are concerned that there are too many changes to our taxes. At times, they apply for a license to start a business or set up a plant and by the time they are finishing to set up, the incentive that made them go for a particular business or a manufacturing plant will have changed. This is the first policy since Independence. It is important to mention that there has never been a national tax policy. We have policies on everything else, but the national tax, so this is the first one. It will ensure that there is a predictable tax environment. The tax proposals that will come in future will be based on this policy. Final recommendations will The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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