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    "id": 322505,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/322505/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Finance",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 159,
        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
        "slug": "robinson-githae"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I had answered this Question 90 per cent. The only issue that was left was to explain under what authority the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is collecting the agency fee of 2 per cent. I wish to confirm that the authority that the KRA is using to pay themselves the agency fee of 2 per cent is found in Section 16(1) of KRA Act and it says as follows:- “The funds of the Authority shall consist of:- (a) One and one-half per cent of the revenue estimated in the financial estimates for each financial year to be collected by the Authority under this Act.” Subsequently, the Minister for Finance increased the fee from one and one- half per cent to two per cent. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the other issue, and this was agreed by the Fuel Levy Board and the Kenya Revenue Authority vide a letter dated 24th May, 2006, before remitting the amounts due to the Fuel Levy Board, the KRA will deduct their commission and pay themselves for the work done. That has been agreed and the Kenya Fuel Levy Board is very happy with the arrangement and there has been no complaint. Let me also add that the Minister is empowered to assign more duties to the KRA to collect levies. In fact, I have the full list of all the levies that the KRA is collecting at the moment. It is collecting Income Tax, Customs and Excise Duty, Value Added Tax, Roads Maintenance Levy Fund, Air Passenger Services Charge, Entertainment Tax, money under the East African Community Customs Management Act, money under the Traffic Act, money under Transport Licensing Act, second-hand Motor vehicle purchase---"
}