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"content": "right direction. I would urge my good friend, hon. Benjamin Langat, and his Committee to relook at the whole issue of taxation in Kenya. There is still a big percentage of our people who ought to pay taxes and are not being taxed, either because the tax regimes we have in place are not friendly or lack of understanding on what tax can do for them. When you go to some countries and see what people achieve through taxation, you see absolutely no reason; it has become almost a voluntary affair to pay tax. If the culture of this redress can be entrenched in our laws, we can know the moment we have an issue with taxes, we can get a redress and it will be a good thing. I do not want to take too much time, other than thank the Committee for bringing this Bill and urge them that the issue of fair taxation is something that touches each one of us. When people feel unduly taxed and we have seen it happening all over, it touches people personally, the way they relate to their children, their school fees, how they feed and look after them when they are sick. I would urge the Committee, as we go along, there will be many issues touching on taxation in this 11th Parliament. As we bring laws touching on taxation, let us always project the human face because as Members of Parliament, we are seen as being up there and completely out of touch with reality, not just in Kenya but all over the world. Whenever things are not working, we are the target because we are the leaders that people see most. I thank the Committee, this is a move in the right direction, and I support it."
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