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    "id": 339647,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/339647/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 159,
        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, it will be good if I quote the basis upon which this payment was made. Section 5(a) of the KRA Act states as follows:- “(1) The Commissioner-General may, upon the recommendations of a Commissioner reward any person for information leading to the identification or recovery of unassessed taxes or duties provided that this section shall not apply to any officer of the Authority. (2) The reward payable under Subsection 1 shall be; (a) In case of information leading to the identification of unassessed duties or taxes, one per centum of the duties or taxes so identified or Kshs100,000 whichever is less. (b) In case of information leading to the recovery of unassessed duties or taxes, 5 per centum of the taxes or duties so recovered or Kshs2 million, whichever is less.” In this case, Odhiambo was paid Kshs100,000 which was less. The KRA got information that there are people with bank balances in Charterhouse Bank. They also looked at their tax records and identified two companies that in their view, from their turn over and from the taxes they were paying may not have been proportionate. They then went and did an audit. It is from that audit that they assessed the amount payable. However, Mr. Odhiambo was paid because he brought this company to the attention of the KRA. We encourage Kenyans to do so."
}