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    "id": 740221,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/740221/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "There are certain issues which have emerged and I think Hon. Makali Mulu is right in asking for a justification. If we pursue the agenda of using taxation to deal with social ills, we will be erring to an extent. The Constitution and Cap. 131 of our own laws give the mandate of levying taxes to the CS, Interior who is also in charge of regulating the betting industry. Extensive work was done by the Committee and I had a chance to see some of the presentations which were done before it by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). I am saying this in the interest of what Hon. Makali Muli asked. The KRA is the collector of taxes in this country and has indeed emphatically presented before the Committee that the amendments we sought to do may be counter-productive in the collection of taxes. I had made very good proposals to introduce a more effective way before we went into the Committee of the whole House. In the next Parliament, God willing, I will bring amendments to collect taxes from the consumer so that we are not seen as a country which kills investments. I have done a lot of research, across the border in the East African Community Common Tariffs Market and in Tanzania their final tax rate is 18 per cent. 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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