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"speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have just released some very good news. I hope hon. Members got the news, if they were not lost in the loud consultations! That proposed amendment is extending VAT and other tax benefits to dairy farmers and fishermen. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I indicated earlier, we all know that the Government introduced the Sugar Development Levy. It was to be levied on sugar-cane growers. However, the then Kenya Sugar Authority imposed levies on the ex-factory price of sugar, thus making it a consumer tax. Consequently, the situation presented two problems of incorrect Sugar Development Levy base (SDL) and having a tax imposed on the general consuming public; but the tax not being collected in accordance with the law by the Ministry of Finance. To address the first problem, I had proposed to shift the SDL base to the correct point - that is on the cane farmers. That is nothing new. Stakeholders in the coffee, tea, pyrethrum and horticultural sub-sectors pay such levies. However, due to the numerous misinterpretations of my intentions, I propose to delete Clauses 60 and 61 of the Finance Bill, 2006."
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