<div dir="auto">That's quite interesting. However, and with all due respect,if anyone was genuine and honest, they would address and ensure that the taxes already paid are put into proper use in the first instance. Otherwise it's not in the interest of anyone to pay taxes that more often than not end up in a few people's pockets. Again I wouldn't speak am not speaking for Uber but that's just my very humble opinion, a tax paying Kenyan.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards,</div><div dir="auto">Patrick</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 Mar 2017 7:05 AM, "Victor Kapiyo via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11.9px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto"><p style="margin:1.5rem 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"pt serif","times new roman",times,serif;font-size:1rem;color:rgb(77,77,77)">Dear Listers,</p><p style="margin:1.5rem 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"pt serif","times new roman",times,serif;font-size:1rem;color:rgb(77,77,77)"><span style="font-size:1rem">Parliament has questioned the small amount of tax paid by app-hailing taxi firm Uber, suggesting that the bulk of the profits is repatriated outside the country. The</span><span style="font-size:1rem"> Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) told MPs Tuesday that Uber had paid Sh30 million in taxes since 2014.</span><br></p></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/MPs-question-Uber-s-Sh30-million-tax-payment/539550-3858808-jc0mvaz/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>businessdailyafrica.com/<wbr>corporate/MPs-question-Uber-s-<wbr>Sh30-million-tax-payment/<wbr>539550-3858808-jc0mvaz/index.<wbr>html</a><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Just how much do companies such as Uber, Google, Facebook, Twitter etc. make from Kenya, and how much do they remit in taxes locally?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div>
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