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    "id": 283770,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do know whether the House is convinced, but you will agree with me that if there is timing difference, it should be systematic and consistent; if PAYE is low in terms of this date, the corporation tax should be the same and the Value Added Tax (VAT) should be the same. Why is it that we have a difference; for some the report to Parliament is higher and for others the report to Parliament is lower? How then would we be sure that this is a timing difference? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was very clear to the Minister that he reported to this House in June after the audit was concluded. Why did the Ministry choose to bring to this House what they are calling “unaudited” accounts? The Minister has not addressed himself to that. Again, when you are presenting the books to the auditor, it is assumed that you have done reconciliations. Can the Minister tell us, these figures that he gave to Parliament, where did they come from? Did they come from the Exchequer Account? Is he giving us figures from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)? Can he explain to us where these figures are from? These figures are different from what is in the Exchequer Account, where we expect our money to be banked. If today, I come to this House and tell you that you gave me Kshs50,000 to bank in your account and I give you a banking slip that shows a banking of shs35,000, and then I tell you there is a reconciliation and timing difference. Am I not supposed to explain to you how that timing difference has resulted into the difference in the amount? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would expect the Minister to be very clear and forthright to the people of Kenya. You are new in this Ministry. You might not even know how the money disappeared; chances are that money disappeared. This is because the Auditor-General is saying, “I do not know how much this country is collecting”."
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