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    "id": 1003210,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": "and chapati which are products of maize and wheat flour, respectively. We should include rice because Hon. Atandi is coming from ugali- eating zone and Hon. Sophia, my Chairlady, is coming from the rice-eating zone. So, let us zero-rate what is really required by the weaker members of our society. What we are saying is that those budget forces, which include the Finance Bill, are within the extraordinary time and require extraordinary measures. The extraordinary measures that we need are to cushion our citizens. The only way we can cushion our citizens is not to zero-rate packed milk because, Hon. Kiarie, it is actually the packed one that is zero-rated and not the milk that we sell in chupas like the Maasai milk down there. That is for the rich. Let us zero-rate what is required there on the ground. I do support the 1 per cent tax on rental houses a 100 per cent because you cannot compare a building that is in Embakasi, Nairobi and a building that is in Entontol, Narok. You cannot compare the two in terms of the rent that is collected. Buildings in Nairobi fetch more rent because of the infrastructure that was put in place. This infrastructure is built through taxes. So, taxing rental income is an idea which we have seen in other countries which Hon. Limo had mentioned. So, even 1 per cent tax on rental income is still on the lower side. Tax waiver on maize seeds and corn is very important because the backbone of our economy is agriculture. So, if we waive taxes for all agricultural seeds, and not only for maize, we can even go further to waive taxes on agricultural inputs. It will change our country in terms of improving the backbone of our economy, which is agriculture. During this time of COVID-19, and because of rents and other bills in the urban centres, majority of our citizens have migrated to rural areas. So, now we have urban-rural migration The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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