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    "id": 1498368,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Turkana North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Paul Nabuin",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. It has been brought because of how counties have been collecting revenue. There are gaps in the way they have been imposing taxes on consumers and producers at the same time. Some counties that are far from production areas make consumers to buy goods expensively. That is because transit goods which go through different counties are levied such that, the gap between the production price and selling price is high. This Bill is trying to seal those gaps. It is also making the systems of revenue collection clear. To that extent, it is defining how revenue will be collected, processed and the people to collect. It has also given the institution that is supposed to collect revenue, apart from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). The Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning promised Kenyans that he will review the structures and systems at KRA. I will propose an amendment to this Bill whereby KRA will be the institution that supports or facilitates revenue collection for counties. From experience, we have realised that most counties use different methods and institutions to collect revenue, thus, creating loopholes for corruption. Therefore, this Bill is specifying the institution that is supposed to collect revenue on behalf of counties, so as to seal the corruption loopholes. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. With that, I support."
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