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    "id": 1003204,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1003204/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Alego-Usonga, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Onunga Atandi",
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    "content": ". It is our staple food. Therefore, I plead with this House that the Finance Bill, 2020 will make sense if we allow our people to access maize and wheat flour cheaply. Other than the fact that we are seeking to raise substantial revenues which we have addressed… If you look at the tax expenses which we have tried to create in the Bill, the proposals can be used to mitigate the expenses the Government is going to incur in meeting the cost associated with zero-rating of maize flour. This is something that is really going to help our people to eat and live with dignity. I do not think that in this era, we, the Members of Parliament, can be sitting here to make laws and, at the same time, our people are dying of hunger. We will be doing nothing. So, we have to ensure that we protect our people and enable them to easily and cheaply access the staple food they like."
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