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    "id": 580499,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/580499/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Langat",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 384,
        "legal_name": "Benjamin Kipkirui Langat",
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    "content": "First of all, the issue of withholding 6 per cent VAT was passed in the last financial year. What we are simply doing here is to clarify whether it will be 6 per cent of the taxable value or 6 per cent of the amount payable. So, even if we reject this one, we will still go back to what we passed in the last financial year. We are just trying to create clarity. Again, these are Government Ministries, departments and agencies. We are giving the Commissioner power to vet those who are supposed to withhold. If you look at that amendment, we are even saying that the Commissioner may actually revoke the appointment to withhold VAT. If you misbehave, the Commissioner may revoke your withholding VAT position. So, we are actually clarifying. Even if we are to say we do not withhold, it means we pay contractors 100 per cent plus the VAT. If you give it to private hands, there is no way to follow. It is even more difficult to follow. It is good that we support the amendment because it clarifies what we already passed. It is only 6 per cent. Again, I told this House earlier on that research was done on the output and"
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