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    "id": 1370230,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1370230/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "I appreciate that our Constitution and the laws that we have passed in this country are very clear and can guide us. We are preparing Regulations to operationalise the Prevention of Terrorism Act. We have the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2012, the Prevention of Organised Crimes Act, 2010, and the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2009. People launder money in many ways in this country. They engage in wash wash and the black market but there is a new system today. I wish the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) could look into it. You enter into a place to buy something and you are told that you cannot pay by card. You can only pay by M-Pesa and you must withdraw money. You ask them why you cannot use a Till Number, or a Paybill number or a card. When the value of your shopping amounts to Ksh100,000, the cashier refuses to let you pay with a card. They have changed the system. They say that you can pay by card, but you are supposed to pay for the charges. I urge the KRA to look around for shops doing this because they are many. When we started following up money laundering schemes that were being run through M-Pesa, people slowly reverted to another system of money laundering. If we want to cure money laundering, we must look at small businesses. You may wonder why one has a business yet nothing comes out of it. Many people have opened such businesses. You will only see the front end of the business, but the back is critical. I am from Dagoretti North Constituency. In Dagoretti North, there is one side where Kenyans live very humbly and another side where foreigners have flooded. They do different kinds of businesses. You can see some trucks 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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