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    "id": 1511222,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1511222/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gatanga, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wakili Edward Muriu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Protect me because this is a House of Debate. Those proposed laws are in this House. Therefore, it is important that we ventilate on them because they affect our people on the ground. I wanted to demonstrate the folly of tabling untested laws. We are talking about reverse invoicing. Reverse invoicing means that if a farmer who supplies maize to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) cannot raise an invoice, the NCPB will raise the invoice. The NCPB will ask for details like the farmer's Personal Identification Number (PIN) and address. We will end up in the same situation we were in with the eTIMS. It is not the right time to introduce taxes in the primary agriculture sector. We need to safeguard our farmers from taxation. Around 70 to 80 per cent of our population works in the agriculture sector. The moment we start bringing in issues of taxation and PINs for my farmers in Gatanga who grow avocados and macadamia nuts and produce milk, they will stop supplying those things. Ultimately, they will eventually be deprived of their income. Finally, before all those things are put in place, any new ideas need to come with education. First, we need to train and teach our people on eTIMS and reverse invoicing to avoid repercussions. Ultimately, there will be an uproar by the farmers claiming they are paying taxes on their milk, macadamia nuts, and avocados. We will then go back to the same issue."
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