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    "id": 747119,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "I do not know whether Hon. Limo was in the House on Thursday last week when the Finance Bill was discussed at the Committee of the whole House. If he was here, and the HANSARD will bear me right, he would know that the Committee proposed a deletion of these clauses and the House rejected it. So, after that rejection, what remained was the proposed 50 per cent by the CS which is found in the Bill. That day, there was a lot of discussion. Now that the Committee’s proposal to delete the tax proposal of the Cabinet Secretary (CS) was rejected by the House, which has the powers, let us agree on a more middle ground level of taxation. The CS for the National Treasury agreed with that level and as the custodian, he said he is comfortable with 35 per cent. That is why we asked for a re-committal. Once we go to the Committee of the whole House, the House can disagree with the 35 per cent of the CS. It can agree with the Committee and agree on deletion. It can agree on 10 or 15 per cent. There was nothing wrong. I think Hon. Limo was not in the House. We better go to the Committee of the whole House and revisit the clauses afresh as per the re-committal and the House will decide. So, there is no law that the CS has broken. There is no law that I have broken. If there is somebody who reads before he comes to this House, Hon. Limo, I am sure you will agree with me that it is me who reads. Therefore, the 35 per cent is a proposal. The House can go to 5 per cent, it can go to 5 per cent or retain 7 per cent or it can agree with the Committee on deletion."
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