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    "id": 811166,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/811166/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 318,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": "For Hon. Kajwang’ and the others, the issue of the Provisional Collection of Taxes and Duties Order is the reverse of the Supplementary Estimates. It is used where the Government spends money after certain issues arise and then comes back for approval in Parliament. The reverse is the Government saying how it wants to spend money and finance the budget. Between these pronouncements and Parliament confirming the estimates by passage of the Finance Bill, there has to be some legal framework through which Kenyans pay taxes. You cannot pay tax unless it has been approved. This is a tradition in the entire Commonwealth. Parliament in its own wisdom, way back in 1959, gave that power through Cap 415 to the Minister for Finance. It was defined in law that he would use Cap 415 on all the taxes levied on Kenyans up to six months while waiting for the Finance Bill to be approved. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}