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    "id": 601939,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/601939/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. F.K. Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I am one of the taxpayers. I pay a lot of money. I want to remind Kenyans that taxes must be friendly. You must pay your taxes in a friendly way. You should not be coerced or forced. Therefore, the procedure must be simple and friendly. It should also give people incentives to pay. Many Kenyans find paying taxes a problem. If you make paying taxes as friendly as it should be, and give people incentives, they will come forward to pay. I want to remind Kenyans that under the Kibaki's Presidency, we forgot about the World Bank. I am saying this because I pay all my taxes. We did not depend on the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Lately, we have found ourselves going back to where we were when Daniel Moi was the President of our beloved country. We should call a spade a spade. President Kibaki did very well. Kenyans had forgotten about the IMF and the World Bank. In the last few days, I started hearing about the IMF. We should pay our taxes. Those who are supposed to pay should be told to pay. Part II of the Bill talks about who the taxpayers are. People must be notified because some do not know that they are supposed to pay taxes. Part II of the Bill is clear on the taxes declared as liabilities. It states who is supposed to do that. Most Kenyans may have known about that or may not want to know. I do not want to talk about the entire Part II. I have picked a few aspects I would like to talk about. When we pay taxes, we remove so much strain from the national Government."
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