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    "id": 435949,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "wearing of miniskirts and I am on my way from Migori, when I reach the border do I change from the miniskirt into a trouser? When I get back to Migori, do I then remove the trouser and put on the miniskirt? We need to know the jurisdiction of the county assemblies. The county assemblies should pass laws that are within their mandate. I remember there is one county that has been debating the Mututho law. Surely, there are certain parameters of that Bill that you cannot change. You cannot say, for example, that in Homa Bay County people should drink past a certain time and yet in other counties people should not. That cannot be a country. We are in one country and we must respect our laws. Remember there are counties that tax people for chicken and have other kind of taxes yet the taxes that are allowed under Article 209 for county governments to levy are only property taxes or rates and entertainment taxes. The others must be spelt out through the National Parliament. However, some counties are going on to levy taxes without reference to the National Parliament. If provision for the tax is not mentioned in the Constitution, the National Parliament must allow you to levy that tax before you levy it in your county. You, however, see county assemblies, through their finance bills coming up with taxes that are ridiculous. Therefore, as a country, it is high time we started thinking seriously on how to integrate the legislations within our 47 counties so that we have uniformity and predictability which can promote business and economic growth in this country. If we do not do that, we are going to discourage investment. It will also send a bad name about this country. Ours will be seen as a country in which you cannot predict which law will operate when you transact your business or you carry out your investment. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support."
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