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    "id": 804833,
    "url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/804833/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kimunya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, there are some changes on the Value Added Tax (VAT). I believe that the local manufacturers have been looking at an even playing ground, vis-a-vis the foreign counterparts like being fair on medicine that is imported. I know that people have said in many of debate that medicine should become more expensive because of the change from zero rating to exempt status. If the incentives which are being given are to ensure that local manufacturers can be motivated by being put on the same level playfield with the foreigners. Then it can only be better for this country, especially as we look at manufacturing as part of the Big Four Agenda and opening up the employment opportunities, and Kenya becoming a market leader in provision of healthcare. Healthcare and manufacturing are intertwined within the Big Four Agenda. One of the ways to do that is to encourage the local manufacturers by putting them at par with the foreigners in the way their taxes are managed. The discrepancy in VAT had a knock-on effect on them."
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