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    "id": 1003306,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1003306/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Kuria",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13435,
        "legal_name": "Francis Kuria Kimani",
        "slug": "francis-kuria-kimani"
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on road toll tax, it is very important that people pay for the services they use. That is one of the principles of taxation. So, if I am going somewhere and I want to go at a particular speed, let me be allowed to go at that speed, using the road that will take me to my destination quickly. If it means paying more and I am willing to do so, let me do so rather than tax a boda boda rider who uses a bad road, to construct a highway he will never use. So, those who want to use those highways should pay for them. Again, you can claim that the bureaucracies involved in paying for that tax is so much that you end up building a highway that no one uses, and the people who should use that highway end up congesting it with small users from the other roads. In developed countries, such highways have cameras that record the registration number of your vehicle, which is linked to your bank account. The tax that you are supposed to pay for using that road is deducted automatically from your bank account. That is the model we hope will be used on those highways, so that even if one does not have a bank account but he wants to use such an express way he can pay for it from his pocket. With those remarks, I support the Finance Bill."
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