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    "id": 1586412,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1586412/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kuria Kimani",
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    "content": "Committee Chairman, we explored whether it would be possible to raise an additional Ksh20 billion, but there was no fiscal space available. The KRA Act provides that the agency shall be funded up to 2 per cent of its collections. In the current budget estimates, set to be discussed tomorrow during the Appropriations debate, KRA has only been allocated 1.02 per cent, which falls short of the legal recommendation. One of the proposals emerging from public participation is that the law should be amended to state that KRA shall be allocated at least 2 per cent, as opposed to up to 2 per cent. We are dealing with a revenue-collecting entity that this country relies on. In the last ten years, there has been no salary adjustment for KRA staff. These are the same staff who are sent to assess taxpayers with obligations as high as Ksh100 million. What are we telling them? They have not had a salary increase in a decade. They lack basic medical cover. If they fall ill, they cannot even go to the hospital. We, however, expect them to carry out crucial, high-stakes financial assessments on behalf of this country. That is why we say the fiscal space is constrained. That is why we seek creative ways to fund these key institutions without increasing taxes. This is one of the solutions that this proposal is trying to achieve."
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