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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Muzee",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kazungu Muzee",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to stand up here and support the Bill. I have just come from rural Malindi where I distributed title deeds to the landless people who had never seen them since Independence. I am meant to understand that it cost the Government Kshs20 billion to ensure that we have 60,000 title deeds to be distributed to the hitherto landless people. For that, I want to thank the Government and I know it is because of Kenyan taxes that we are able to get this money and support this programme. So, the subject of tax is very important because this is one of the ways that we get our finances to fund activities in the nation. The issue of the Tribunal here is so key because like other colleagues have said, we have been having different tax acts. We have the Tax Act, the VAT Act and the Customs and Excise Act and all of them have some form of tribunals. This law seeks to harmonise all that so that it is streamlined for business. For a Government that is keen on transforming economy, we cannot do that if we have laws which are disjointed and tax appeals in different houses or offices. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, so, I rise to support this Bill but I would also like to talk briefly in passing about the VAT Act. I have heard hue and cry from the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry that over the years ICT 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."
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