Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1498197,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498197/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 357,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mathare, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Oluoch",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to begin from the question that you asked the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party, on what specific aspects of this Bill the public will be interested to know that would enhance the principles of taxation and the principle of finances that are set out in the chapter on finances. I want to start by picking out two issues. One, is the role that it has delineated in terms of marking the delineation of the authority and jurisdictions of both the national and county governments in respect of the duty to collect taxes. That is important because between the two levels of government, this Bill puts a marker on the ground by saying that the primary duty for the imposition of levies and taxes lays with the national Government. It then delegates to the county government the role to levy taxes and also puts limitations. This has been clearly provided for in Clause 4 of the Bill. It puts an overall oversight caveat that the county government shall, within ten months of imposition, levying of taxes or putting proposals for collection of taxes, submit to the National Treasury or the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), the proposals that it intends to use for collection of taxes, levies or fees."
}