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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I was saying that if Hon. DK and Hon. Wamacukuru listened to me, they would understand the Chairman’s amendment better. The Bill had proposed to increase Excise Duty on ceramic tiles. I know that is a concern for many of us who build houses to create a provision where you are charging 35 per cent of excise value on the tiles or Ksh300 per kilogramme on the tiles. That would mean for a 30 by 30-centimetre box of tiles that is 22.5-kilogramme gross weight, you would have to pay an Exercise Duty of Ksh6,600. That box of tiles is probably in the range of Ksh1,250 to Ksh1,400. The Excise Duty would even be higher than the tiles' value. Almost four times. The Hon. Chair is proposing to amend that by putting Excise Duty at Ksh200 per square metre. A carton of 30 by 30 tiles per square metre has 17 tiles. Those 17 tiles are 1.53 square metres. Calculating that will tell you that the box would increase not by Ksh6,600 but by Ksh306. If that box of tiles is at an excisable value of Ksh2,000, 5 per cent of Ksh2,000 would be Ksh100. So, the taxman will take the higher of the two either Ksh306 or Ksh100. Therefore, I want to prevail on Members that this is a very good amendment. What is the policy that that amendment is anchored on? As we legislate, let us ask ourselves, what policy are we anchoring whatever law we are legislating on? We are anchoring this proposal on a policy of import The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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