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    "id": 974838,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/974838/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kanduyi, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wafula Wamunyinyi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 291,
        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
        "slug": "athanas-wamunyinyi"
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    "content": "I wanted to raise an issue with the Leader of the Majority Party, my friend Hon. Duale. I am not sure when we will specifically bring an amendment. In my view, the laws that we want to make in this country, the legislative business we introduce here, should be for the good of the country and for everybody in relation to business in this country. Clause 11 states that the Bill provides for the amendment of the Income Tax Act specifically in order to provide for investments deductions on capital expenditure incurred for the construction of bulk storage facilities for supporting the SGR. I saw something like that again about the same thing in Clause 25. It causes an amendment to VAT Act specifically for SGR. You are amending the Income Tax Act and VAT Act and saying you are amending it for SGR. We already have had problems. We want to make good laws. I always support the Leader of the Majority Party when he brings good proposals to the House but I think we may have to relook some of those specific proposed amendments that you are targeting to amend. We do not make law for specific individuals or entities. We make good laws for the entire country. Another thing I wanted to mention has already been mentioned by colleague, Hon. Makali Mulu, but just to reiterate it, it is about land rates. Land rates should not be an issue when it comes to transfer. In the past, you had to pay to clear the land rates before a transfer was effected. It was not an issue. Projections in the national Budget and the county budgets are undertaken on the basis of what is anticipated to be collected, and land rates is one of the sources of revenue. If you throw it away, saying that you are not going to pursue land rates, what happens? It misleads. You do not attain your projections and you fail to raise the resources that you require to undertake specific development in the country. On electronic documentation and the various forms of electronic system suggested for amendment, safeguards must be undertaken to ensure that we prevent fraud. With those few remarks, I support."
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