{"id":377268,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/377268/?format=json","text_counter":492,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Gaichuhie","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":17,"legal_name":"Nelson Ributhi Gaichuhie","slug":"nelson-gaichuhie"},"content":"Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you. I want to start from the outset and say that tax is a very uncommon thing. If you remember in the Bible, Zacchaeus was very unpopular because he was a tax collector. Having said that, I want to say that I support the Bill because you know very well we have the VAT Act which is very complicated. The Bill is trying to simplify the Act. We are trying to have a very simple VAT Act and that is one of the principles of taxation. When you look at the"}