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    "id": 597289,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a serious fundamental issue that has come out of this Petition. That is the portion we must address. The taxes you pay on your allowances are personal to you. Therefore, if there are 67 or whatever number of Members of County Assembly (MCAs) who have not paid their taxes, the freeze should be on their personal accounts and not the accounts of the assembly; that is how it works. Payment of taxes is personal. If the Accounting Officer of the county assembly of Makueni or Vihiga does not remit taxes, then you should deal with the assembly. If he or she has not deducted taxes, you deal with the assembly. However, if the MCAs have refused to pay taxes and it has not been deducted, you freeze their accounts. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, therefore, there is a fundamental issue as to whether the KRA can use the county assembly as a collecting agent of taxes of individual MCAs whose taxes are due. That is wrong because the interest due on unlevied or unpaid taxes should be remitted by the respective MCAs. However, there is a fundamental point that will arise here. Maybe, the Vihiga County Assembly has also exposed itself because if you do not pay taxes, you can be charged in court. Therefore, the Committee will also have to determine whether the accounting officer for Vihiga County has committed an offence. Thank you."
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