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"speaker_name": "Muhoroni, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Onyango Oyoo",
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"content": "I am glued to my Chair here because my main interest in this Bill today is to encourage the Government and alert them that good taxation must commensurate with service provision. I represent the interest of the sugarcane farmers and millers who were doing very well and paying their taxes. However, this changed the other day when the Jubilee Government brought sugarcane importers who masqueraded as millers in Asian skins. Sugarcane farmers and millers do not have roads and social amenities that should come with the tax that they pay to their good Government. Paying taxes is our right; kulipa ushuru ni haki yetu . We want those who are concerned to ensure that in future, those who pay taxes are rewarded with good projects that they deserve. They should not be tilted with political considerations and tax brackets. There are people who pay high taxes, but as long as they are perceived in bad political light, they do not get services. There are a lot of things that I had enumerated, which I wanted to talk about, but in the interest of time, I want to say that we will float our amendments during the Committee of the whole House."
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