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    "id": 813392,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I apologise and withdraw. The tax per capita would help this country determine whether we should reward Nairobi County for collecting revenue or Tana River County who do not have revenue to collect. Instead of punishing Tana River County for not meeting its revenue targets, the tax per capita will determine whether, in fact, the counties that are making more in terms of taxes should not receive that incentive. That is the purpose of this Bill and the statistics that will be collected. Therefore, in future, when we ask the Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee (IGTRC), led by Prof. Karega Mutahi, on the costing of functions, that costing will relate to human beings as opposed to size. Why is the size of Turkana County important for purposes of services as opposed to the population? The same question applies to Nairobi County, which is smaller in size than Turkana but has a large population. Therefore, the resources that we are giving to these counties, just as I have mentioned about tax per capita, should relate to the individuals. Zone Nairobi into seven, eight or nine categories and establish which parts occupy the largest population, what the needs of the people are and whether they are relative to those of the people living in the leafy suburbs of Nairobi, like where Sen. Abshiro lives. What disparities do they have? Such statistics are not available for planning. Spatial planning, municipalities, collecting of rates and entertainment taxes would help if counties can collect this information and forward it to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics in Nairobi and it becomes the statistics of Kenya. I envision a situation in future where the census and collecting of data on population will be done by counties as opposed to the national Government. These The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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