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    "id": 1495665,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1495665/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "3. The Tax Procedures (Amendment) (No.2) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.46 of 2024); 4. The Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.47 of 2024); 5. The Public Procurement and Asset Disposal (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.48 of 2024); and, 6. The Business Laws (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.49 of 2024). For information to the Members and the country, I want to state that those six Bills are very important. You are aware that there were very many progressive proposals, including the tax amnesty that lapsed on 30th of June, that Kenyans were waiting for at the end of the last financial year. With the loss of the Finance Bill, 2024, some of the good proposals that were there like that tax amnesty have evaded Kenyans. Quite a number of business people are suffering from incessant demands from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) for both their tax arrears penalties and interests. Therefore, some of the proposals include that tax amnesty in this Tax Procedures (Amendment) Bill. Other Bills deal with public finance management and public procurement. The business laws also carry very crucial amendments to many business laws, especially in the manufacturing industry, that will facilitate the local production of goods. If we do not reduce the publication period of those Bills, we may not manage to conclude with their enactment before the end of this session on the 5th of December, according to our Calendar. We, therefore, want to reduce the publication period by just two days so that we may begin…"
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