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    "id": 1392209,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392209/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kuria Kimani",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to second. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker and the Leader of the Majority Party. At the outset, I would like to thank the Members of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning and the Departmental Committee on Housing, Urban Planning and Public Works. We got the Report from the Senate yesterday and we burnt the midnight oil to process the amendments. As the Leader of the Majority Party has said, by and large, we agreed on most of the amendments made by the Senate. For the information of the House, one of the key amendments that is proposed is the role of county governments. The Senate will establish county committees to make sure that affordable housing projects are spread across the country in the spirit of fairness and ensuring that no county is left behind in terms of this responsibility of affordable housing and institutional housing. Key to note also is a proposal to reduce from 2 per cent to 0.5 per cent the amount of the levies that the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is supposed to take. Although we agree that all the other levies that are collected by KRA on behalf of various agencies like the Railway Development Levy, the Petroleum Development Levy or the Import Declaration Fee attract a 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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