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    "id": 293489,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/293489/?format=api",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, collection of excise duties has faced challenges in the recent past. To safeguard the revenue base and ensure equity, the KRA will institute an effective excise duty management system to ensure that all products produced by licensed manufacturers are fully accounted for by type and quantity. I expect the first phase of this system to be fully operational in the course of this fiscal year. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the taxation of non-resident taxpayers who engage in business of transmission of messages with a base in Kenya has posed challenges to taxpayers and KRA. In order to address this, I propose to amend the Income Tax to align their taxation with that of the other non-resident taxpayers, who engage in other businesses and whose tax base is in Kenya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the recent upward review by KRA of the minimum tax payable on imported secondhand clothes from Kshs1.1 million to Kshs1.9 million per 20-foot container has forced dealers to reduce imports significantly. Consequently, businesses have closed down and thousands of our people who depended on this sector as a source"
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