{"id":421250,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/421250/?format=json","text_counter":226,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Gichigi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1909,"legal_name":"Samuel Kamunye Gichigi","slug":"samuel-kamunye-gichigi"},"content":"The VAT Bill was proposed to cure a lot of mischief that had crippled our tax administration. As the Mover had indicated, tax refunds had become an illegal industry in this country; people were collecting billions of shillings from the Kenya Revenue Authority and the Treasury as purporting them to be genuine refunds. This was a cartel The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."}