{"id":955111,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/955111/?format=json","text_counter":295,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Ainabkoi, Independent","speaker_title":"Hon. William Chepkut","speaker":{"id":13288,"legal_name":"William Kamuren Chirchir Chepkut","slug":"william-kamuren-chirchir-chepkut"},"content":"On capital gains, since housing is in the Big Four Agenda of His Excellency the President, I want it to remain at 5 per cent and not increased to 12.5 per cent so as to act as an incentive. I do not have an issue with the withholding tax being reduced from 6 per cent to 2 per cent. We must have incentives in place to encourage our people. I support fully the zero-rating of timber. When it comes to conservation of the environment, I am number one. I moved a Motion here in Parliament that planting of trees in all learning institutions and individual households must be made compulsory. Therefore, we want our forest cover to be increased. As I speak, it is below 2 per cent. We must conserve water towers and environment."}