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    "content": "on this Motion since 2013 to date when we are hosting the conference. What we are trying to pass today is actually working in the country. For instance, the KRA is already on internet. What we want to pass is already being implemented. It is not something new for us to pass so that the Government can start using it. You know it is like staying with a wife and then you decide to make your marriage formal by going to church to do a wedding. That is what we are doing here. This thing is working. This will help us, especially on declaration of imports and exports. By using the internet, if you are an importer or exporter, you will be able to know at what point your consignment has reached. This will help you get the documents that are required. If for instance you are exporting flowers, somebody in, say, London will know that you have loaded the flowers in a warehouse and also that the flowers are in the plane. This is because there is a tracking process. The person will be in a position to prepare documents and clear the goods. In effect, this will reduce the cost of doing business. It will bring efficiency. You could lodge your documents at the Port of Mombasa. If you are exporting your goods, you are required to complete documents for export. The same information will be reflected on the other side when the consignment finally arrives there. The other Government will be in a position to collect revenue without under-declaration. The same thing will happen here. There is no chance that somebody will come and under-declare the goods because it gives a track record and a trail of papers showing how the consignment has moved and the value of the goods. In return, the Government will collect enough tax. The only challenge is that this money collected is never used for its intended purposes. The other day, I read about something that has come up. The CS can take a loan of up to Kshs40 million. In all fairness, they have no security of jobs and they work under the pleasure of the President. How do they pay the Kshs40 million? If there is audit to be done, before we do it at KRA, let us start with the most recent Cabinet Members. Let us see how their lifestyles are. Let us see the property they have acquired for the few days they have held those positions. You will realize that this country is in a crisis as much as we are trying to put in place systems of efficiency and improve tax collections. Those 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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