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    "id": 421355,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kang’ata",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1826,
        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, my problem with this Bill is that there is no data that has been provided by the Mover of this Bill. First, if, for instance, we were to pass this Bill and it becomes law, the question is: How much revenue is the Government going to lose? Since the time of the enactment of the new VAT Act, the Government has been collecting some money out of the products that the hon. Member is proposing to exempt from tax. From that time until today, how much has been collected in respect of those items? Secondly, if we remove them from taxation how much, as a country, are we going to lose? Without that information, some of us cannot adequately decide whether to support or reject these amendments. The next data I would like from the Mover of this Bill is; the effect of the removal of the tax. Who is going to benefit? I can see Item 24 on page 1204 - Supply to Rural Electrification Authority. The question is: What does the Mover mean? Supply of what? Again, there is also an item indicated as supply of water drilling services. We need to ask ourselves, for instance, since the enactment of the new law, how many boreholes have been drilled and what has been the effect on taxation? Have we seen, since the commencement of that Act, a situation where we have fewer boreholes being drilled as a result? So, it is not very clear who is going to benefit from this Bill. In my opinion, the benefit should accrue to the common mwananchi . It should also accrue to the producer and not to a big contractor. I would not like a situation where we are holding brief for the big suppliers of REA."
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