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    "id": 740076,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/740076/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Limo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": "If you look at the details, in the discussion between the Committee and the CS, it was proposed that taxation should stand at 50 per cent. The Committee discussed issues with various stakeholders, including the Betting, Licensing and Control Board (BLCB), the Principal Secretary (PS) in charge of sports, culture and arts; and the one for Interior and Co- ordination of National Government. All of them, except the National Treasury, were in agreement that the proposed amendments were not proper for the industry. Therefore, what the Leader of the Majority Party is proposing is to reduce taxation from 50 per cent to 35 per cent without consulting neither the Committee nor the CS. As a Committee, we are not aware of his proposals. We have not sat down with the Leader of the Majority Party. He has not appeared before the Committee and yet, he is pushing the amendment. According to me, he is setting a bad precedent. If the Constitution has to be respected, the Leader of the Majority Party himself has to respect the Constitution. Therefore, I am proposing that you make a ruling that the amendments which are being proposed by the Leader of the Majority are null and void, and unconstitutional."
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