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    "id": 981266,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/981266/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okelo",
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odoyo Okelo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I seek your direction on a matter that is very important to the Members of this House. We are facilitated by the Liaison Department to have those who also facilitate our work in the ground. In the last quarter, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) introduced another punitive requirement that before returns are submitted, the KRA certificate or compliance certificate must be annexed. Even though most constituencies are in line with that requirement, it takes forever to receive that certificate. Up to now, most constituencies have not been paid so that they can - in retrospect - pay their workers. That delay has occasioned lots of problems to the people who serve and work for us. They have children to take to school. They have food to buy. They have families to take care of. Up to now, we are heading into a new quarter when money for the current quarter has not been paid. Hon. Speaker, we need your direction. It is not constituencies that delay submission of those returns. It behoves the KRA to provide certificates to constituencies that do the right thing in good time. Our people are suffering because of a problem that lies with KRA. We seek your direction and assistance because all the Members in this House know exactly what I am talking about. They have become victims to this prevailing circumstance."
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