{"id":326887,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/326887/?format=json","text_counter":625,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Githae","speaker_title":"The Minister for Finance","speaker":{"id":159,"legal_name":"Robinson Njeru Githae","slug":"robinson-githae"},"content":" Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am of the same opinion as the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. I am aware of the challenges that KRA is undergoing. That is why I had proposed the same amendment as the Committee to give the KRA a commission of 2 per cent; that is to allow them to retain a commission of 2 per cent and send the balance to the Consolidated Fund. It is me who is alive to this. As I said, I have a letter from the Attorney-General dated 4th October, 2012, which is today. It is signed by Mr. E.M. Ng’ang’a, the Senior Deputy Chief Parliamentary Counsel for the Attorney-General. It says exactly what hon. Abdikadir has said. I will read the whole paragraph. “The proposals also contain an amendment to Section 16 of the Kenya Revenue Authority Act to empower the Authority to retain funds"}