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    "id": 602055,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/602055/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "avoidance can be legal. You can avoid tax legally and, therefore, you should not be penalised. The illegality is tax evasion. That was the third one. Finally, there is need to use technology as a country to collect our revenue. Technology will ensure that tax that has been collected is used for the intended purpose. There was the Electronic Tax Register (ETR), which was a very effective and efficient tool, but some businesspeople did not like it. If we can use technology to ensure that all those who are supposed to pay tax do so electronically, there will be no cash collection. As a result, KRA officers who have a duty to collect tax will not have room to engage in corruption. We will be able to account for all our taxes. This is taxpayer’s money and there is need to account for each and every coin that has been paid by Kenyans. I would urge the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade, led by Hon. Benjamin Lang’at, to look at the contribution of its 33 Members in the HANSARD to see what they have proposed in terms of amendments, prepare them for the Third Reading and bring them to the House for us to enrich this Bill and make it more effective and efficient for tax collection in this country. With those few remarks, I beg to reply."
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