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    "id": 686945,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "We must raise it at the Committee of the whole House. If possible, we must disagree with the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. I have seen their Report. In fact, they want to reduce it. This taxation will help the Kenyan people from this culture of gambling. We either gamble and pay huge taxes so that the taxes can build roads or provide us with better healthcare or, quit betting. This is an opportunity. It is the first time the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for the National Treasury is introducing a system of taxation to this practice. If you look at the Bill, it proposes the “Lottery Tax” chargeable at the rate of 5 per cent of the lottery turnover. Five per cent is too low. We must take it to about 15 per cent. That is my feeling. We can take it to 20 per cent, the level of excise duty. This Bill also proposes a tax to be known as the “Prize Competition Tax” chargeable on the cost of entry to a competition which is premium. It is at a rate of 15 per cent of the gross turnover. When we bring this Bill to the Committee of the whole House next week, we will get an opportunity to deal with the taxation matter of the Bill. The House must also deal with the other issues on this gambling, betting and lottery. That is where the elephant is. We must find a law that regulates and protects young persons from the negative effects of gambling. We must produce a law that protects the society against 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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