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    "id": 1484889,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, I agree with the Leader of the Majority Party on the proposal to withdraw this Report. When we were debating this Report in the morning, I noted that there was a problem with it. The Committee, in its Report, blamed the company and the public officers for allowing this tax exemption, but they never recommended any accountability. There was nothing to be done to those officers. They were just saying relevant agencies to prosecute. In my view, this House must make strong reports that can be used to make those organisations accountable. Therefore, this Report should be withdrawn so that we can do proper recommendations that can be used by law enforcement agencies to find justice. That particular company has evaded tax to the tune of billions. In this Report, there is nothing about being asked to even pay for those taxes which were waived. And that is the reason I brought these amendments in the morning. It will be best if the Report is withdrawn in totality, so that the Committee can sit and consider it again. We will appear and advise them on how to write proper reports that can make this House active. Thank you."
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