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    "id": 936872,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/936872/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
        "slug": "samson-ndindi-nyoro"
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    "content": "Before I go there, one of the principles of taxation is simplicity. The case of tax refunds as it was there before, and especially when it comes to zero-rated commodities, that was faced by the importers was a quagmire of some sort. As you know, our tax authorities are very agile when it comes to collecting tax and penalising those who do not pay tax in time but they are very slow when it comes to tax refunds. Tax refunds are an input to the people, especially those who import raw commodities to add value. Therefore, any time lost in refunding the same to business people is money lost because of the time value for money. A country can only sustain itself through the revenues that we collect from the population that we serve. The genesis of democracy was based on taxation. Even from the glorious revolution in the United Kingdom (UK) there before, the democracy then was based on, “No representation without taxation”. Therefore, taxation is the basis of any republic or state because that is where we derive money to oil the wheel of the economy, especially when it comes to Government."
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