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"speaker_name": "Manyatta, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Gitonga Mukunji",
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"content": " We must listen to Kenyans. Let us not blame them when they demand for good leadership from us. Let us also not blame them when they demand for the best from this House, which they gave an opportunity to serve. Having had experience with the Finance Bill, 2024, which was tabled before us, I took time to interact with Kenyans and to try to convince them about what had been amended. We have to continue ensuring that our engagement is such that we do not set this House against the public. This is one of those Bills that has had such engagement. I am happy with a few things that the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning has brought along, which indicate that they listened to Kenyans. There is the Significant Economic Presence Tax. A few months ago, Starlink came to Kenya and became a big internet service provider (ISP). Such companies should pay taxes to this country to ensure that Kenyans who give money to those companies benefit in terms of taxes accrued. That is a welcome tax for companies such as Netflix, which are found in everybody’s household. They use our money but are owned elsewhere."
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