{"id":449285,"date":"2011-06-28T11:18:15","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T11:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/28\/i-am-ready-to-pay-tax-says-dor\/"},"modified":"2011-06-28T11:18:15","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T11:18:15","slug":"i-am-ready-to-pay-tax-says-dor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/28\/i-am-ready-to-pay-tax-says-dor\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am Ready to Pay Tax, Says Dor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"48.1326427489\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/nation180.jpg\" alt=\"The Nation (Nairobi)\" title=\"Visit The Nation (Nairobi)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Juma Namlola<\/p>\n<p>28 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Nairobi \u2014 Nominated MP Sheikh Mohamed Dor has joined a growing number of MPs willing to pay their tax arrears.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Dor, who is undergoing treatment at Asian Heart Hospital in India, told the Nation by telephone Tuesday that he is willing to pay his full taxes when he gets back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All of us must pay our taxes as per the new Constitution. Whatever Kenya Revenue Authority agrees with Parliamentary Service Commission, I am ready to pay,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The ODM nominated MP hailed his party leader, Prime Minister Raila Odinga for his bold move and said he would follow suit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Currently, I&#8217;m undergoing some check-ups after being diagnosed with blood clot in my lungs. But am responding well to treatment and expect to be back in Kenya next week,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Dor who also doubles as Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya (CIPK) Secretary General, said it would be immoral for anyone in Kenya to evade tax on the basis of their position in society.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know judges have been alerted by their boss (Chief Justice) to pay full tax. I urge other top leaders &#8211; including the President to lead by example in implementing our constitution,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Dor said he would like to see the law dealing with equal strength against people involved in embezzlement or misuse of public money.<\/p>\n<p>He said instead of arresting and jailing such suspects, they should be forced to refund the money.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have suspects in the misuse of money meant for free primary education. I am not against them being arrested and even jailed if the courts deem it fit to do so. But they must at the same time be forced to refund every single coin,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The legislator said that Kenyans should feel the impact of taxation through provision of better services.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would like to see more drugs in hospitals, better roads and more rural electrification in Kenya. It is a shame that despite revenue collected over decades, there are parts of Kenya without electricity,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Dor gave an example of Lamu island which has no electricity, 48 years after independence, and yet it has been a Unesco world heritage site for almost a decade.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106280642.html\" title=\"I Am Ready to Pay Tax, Says Dor\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I Am Ready to Pay Tax, Says Dor<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Juma Namlola 28 June 2011 Nairobi \u2014 Nominated MP Sheikh Mohamed Dor has joined a growing number of MPs willing to pay their tax arrears. Sheikh Dor, who is undergoing treatment at Asian Heart Hospital in India, told the Nation by telephone Tuesday that he is willing to pay his full taxes when he gets back. &#8220;All of us must pay our taxes as per the new Constitution. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":449286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-449285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I Am Ready to Pay Tax, Says Dor - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/28\/i-am-ready-to-pay-tax-says-dor\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"I Am Ready to Pay Tax, Says Dor - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Juma Namlola 28 June 2011 Nairobi \u2014 Nominated MP Sheikh Mohamed Dor has joined a growing number of MPs willing to pay their tax arrears. 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