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    "id": 488975,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/488975/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gichigi",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kamunye Gichigi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman thank you. I am also supporting these amendments. I am happy about Clause 25A; previously, all Government enterprise, or business with Government attracted VAT, but it was found to be a bit cumbersome. I think a mistake was made by withdrawing that particular law. What happened practically was that the Government was completely unable to collect VAT from most small and medium size enterprises. What this law is going to do now is that anytime an enterprise will do business with Government, its data will be captured and the Government will be able to follow up even the remainder of VAT. This is going to help the Kenya Revenue Authority in its administration of VAT law. I urge this House to support this particular Bill. Under 25B the situation is this, currently, if a donor country like China is giving us money, we do not require them to pay VAT on the grant. What this provision is doing is setting the requirement that anything that is imported into this country, tax is actually paid, even if it is on donor funding. The Government will include that in its Budget. It will pay tax on behalf of the donor because the donor will not pay the tax. This is a situation where a Chinese company contracted by the Government to do a road and brings materials for the road project but uses them to do an estate, since it is actually VAT exempt, it will not pay VAT on a project that is not intended to be exempted. 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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