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    "id": 482445,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/482445/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Therefore, it is of utmost importance that we do that. I wish to make a few points. Paying tax is noble but what is important is what the tax is used for; the services that people get. I think in our country that is the area where we are not satisfied as Kenyans. For all the high taxes we pay, do we get commensurate services? I had a friend from Norway who told me that they pay at some level as much as 70 per cent of their income as tax. I asked him why he has to pay so much. Are people not the same?” He said it is okay to pay that tax because he has good retirement benefits, his kids go to school and he pays almost nothing; he gets free health services, they have good public transport and so what does he need the money for? That is what we should look at. When we support this, the other side of the coin is: Are we using these taxes appropriately?"
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