{"id":987429,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/987429/?format=json","text_counter":683,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kipkelion East, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. Joseph Limo","speaker":{"id":1915,"legal_name":"Joseph Kirui Limo","slug":"joseph-kirui-limo"},"content":"(b) in the proposed amendments to the Value Added Tax, 2013, by— (iv) deleting the proposed amendments to the following paragraphs of Part II of Section A of the First Schedule – (b) Paragraph 24 (c) Paragraph 25 and, (d) Paragraph 26. Hon. Chairman, all the three paragraphs relate to the tourism industry which has been adversely affected by COVID-19 and we are saying that any taxation on it is going to worsen the situation and, therefore, we are proposing to delete."}