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    "id": 235098,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/235098/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Finance",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, perhaps this issue is not very clear to hon. Members. We are not asking the Commissioner to prescribe rules for people to pay more. What we are saying is that if we spend, for example, Kshs2,400, we can claim that amount as a tax deductible. If we spend Kshs2,401, we may be told that does not qualify. However, in that situation, the Commissioner will have the discretion of saying: \"Even this is allowed.\" In any case, we must remember that the Commissioner has discretion to waive penalties of up to Kshs500,000. So, Kshs2,400 compared to Kshs500,000 is really a negligible amount. However, we want to make it easier for the purposes of administration of the Act that we do not 3564 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 9, 2006 have a lot of claims being disallowed because the cost of food went up. We do not want to see a situation where someone puts in a claim for Kshs2,400 and is told: \"Sorry, that does not qualify.\""
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