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    "id": 1442238,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Mohamed",
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    "content": "I will proceed with my argument, that this Bill was done without the input of serious technocrats. This is proof that this Government lacks technocrats. During the campaigns, they said they had a plan and put everything flowery in it. I can now see they are governing this country without a plan because it can recommend this kind of a Finance Bill on earth. This regime has entered into the process of governing without a plan. The people entrusted with the development of this Bill want to bring this Government down, and it is coming down too fast. I want to inform Members that where the rubber meets the road is in this House. This Bill can be manufactured anywhere: inside a bar, hotel, or home. But at the end, it has to be passed here. That is why they say there is no taxation without representation. Members will be held responsible for taxing Kenyans, not the authors of this Bill who will be nowhere to be found. The people who will vote to the question “as many as are of that opinion, say aye or nay” are us. Today, we have the opportunity to stand with the people of Kenya and defend our electorate against harsh imposed taxation that will make life hard. You are taxing bread, which is someone’s stomach; rubber, which is someone’s mobility; money transfer and services. People cannot afford to buy anything. What has remained? There is nothing else left except death. The general principles of taxation are known. I have interacted with Finance Bills for the 11th or 12th time. Tax must be equitable, simple, and efficient. In the last financial year and the one before, we discussed Income Tax. Today, we have come up with an electronic Tax Invoice Management System (eTIMS). Tomorrow, we may come up with a \"K-tax.\" Hon. Speaker, how many times will we change the taxation procedure in this country? We are discussing economic growth; however, how will this kind of Bill enhance economic growth in this country? Is that what we are telling Kenyans? Let me say this..."
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