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    "id": 1441735,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1441735/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Turkana South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Namoit",
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    "content": "Bill, two major policies that are used to fulfil its promises made during the 2022 campaigns. As Members of Parliament, we are responsible for participating and ensuring that our constituencies are represented in this policy-making process. The Budget and the Finance Bill are political tools that allow all stakeholders to negotiate. Despite being on the Opposition side, I am interested in these two policies. I have reservations about the exemptions for per diems in the Income Tax Act. Exempting certain employees from the 5 per cent tax seems discriminatory because anyone earning Ksh100,000 or more will not have to pay tax on their per diem. This is discriminatory. For instance, for somebody in Job Group J who earns Ksh58,000, the exemption will be Ksh.2,900. The per diem is Ksh6,300 and, therefore, what is taxable is Kshs3,400. I request the Members of this honourable House to exempt all the employees from this tax. This country has failed in fiscal consolidation. All their policies have not addressed the fiscal deficit for a number of years. Therefore, there is a need for the Government to have plans or policies that are always consistent, instead of changing the taxation measures every time."
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