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    "id": 840777,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. T.J Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I thank those Members who are saying “zero”. I rise to oppose. Just before we vote, I want Members to know what they are voting for. I want to refer you to the Value Added Tax Act, Section 5, which states that the rate of taxation shall be zero per cent or 16 per cent. Section 6 gives the Cabinet Secretary (CS) powers to amend the rate of tax even through a Gazette Notice, if a value or percentage has been added to it. What does it mean? It means that if today we give 8 per cent, in the next one week, the CS will, by way of a Gazette Notice, without coming to the National Assembly, increase it to a maximum of 25 per cent. That is the law. For that reason, I oppose."
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