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    "id": 1498248,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498248/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gichugu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gichimu Githinji",
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    "content": "Going into the meat of the Bill. I support the idea that every tax and waiver must be legalised to avoid arbitrary decisions being made by the person in leadership on where and when to waive. So, this Bill requires that every waiver or taxation must be put into the legislation. This is the right way for all counties to go to avoid arbitrary decisions being made, depending on who is in power and leading a county government. However, Hon. Temporary Speaker, some areas require amendments in this Bill, like I would be proposing an amendment under Clause 10, whereby the term of the Committee has been indicated to be a period of two years or as may be determined by the Cabinet Secretary. That clause ought to be amended so that we can have a clear term for that Inter-Agency Transition Committee, which is also very important because before this law comes into force, some counties already have their revenue-raising measures and must be given time to transit into this Act. It cannot be left at the whims of the Cabinet Secretary to say because they may also say that the life of that agency might even be 10 years, and it might not serve any purpose. Another amendment I would also be seeking is that regulations cannot be made to cover the areas that this Act has not covered. Regulations can only be made to make it possible to implement the Act, but they cannot be made to cover the gaps that this Act has not addressed. We should amend the Act to ensure that we cover all the areas. However, we cannot give the Cabinet Secretary an opportunity to make a law that would be substantial, just like the Act. I"
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