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    "id": 655882,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not stand guided because I am talking about the thieves who are plundering taxpayers’ money. This is about taxes. It is about our money that we are collecting and we do not get accountability for it. We are telling Kenyans to keep giving even if they do not have it. This is what is driving us to steal because we have no more money left to be taxed. If I go to Arusha and buy a spoon I have to build a railway, after the 30 per cent and the 16 per cent I pay in Value Added Tax (VAT) has been plundered. Let us seal the loopholes. There is enough money in this country. The reason why this economy has not collapsed is because it is resilient and there is enough money. Why can the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) not broaden the tax space? The Constitution does not give anybody any more tax exemptions but how much tax are we collecting from churches running matatus ? Broaden the tax space. Why are churches involved in providing residential--- Members get called every day to do fundraising for the church to provide hostels and they are not declaring that income. Broaden the tax space. We already gave them the law. To keep taxing the willing and the easily accessible is not going to help the economy. Kenyans are angry at the Government and they cannot differentiate between an MP and the Government. Kenyans are angry at you that you are not doing your work and yet every opportunity that we get, we do a wrong thing. This is a wrong thing. This Government needed to have brought a tax policy if it wanted to do a railway. We gave them authority to collect Eurobond which was passed here. Why are we not doing this in terms of policy? You cannot just say give me authority to collect levies on anybody coming to the country or anything coming to 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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