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    "id": 1003330,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1003330/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dadaab, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mohamed Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1377,
        "legal_name": "Mohamed Dahir Duale",
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    "content": "the greater part of the Rift Valley. These areas are endowed with a lot of natural resources including minerals and they have the potential for agriculture. One of the things that we can do at the policy level is to open up these areas by improving the road network. We are happy that the road from Isiolo to Moyale has been done and it has opened up that area. We are hoping that the Government will start the project from Isiolo to Wajir to Mandera whose funds are available; the road from Garrisa to the Liboi border and the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor project road from Lamu through Garissa, Meru and Isiolo, Samburu and Turkana counties. These are roads that will open up these regions. In this country, we need to innovatively think about other ways of improving our revenue base as I said earlier. I want to support the previous speakers that it is not wise to tax those people who are earning pension. Those people are vulnerable. They are aged and more predisposed to medical conditions like diabetes, hypertension and cancer. These are people who are in their sunset years and they worked for this nation. It will be good for the Committee to advise for the removal of tax on the monthly pension of pensioners. The taxation of LPG is one way of saving the environment. In addition, firewood and charcoal are dirty forms of energy that are used by households. They cause a lot of illnesses to children and people who are hypersensitive to smoke and dust. We can reduce morbidity due to asthma and chronic airways obstruction diseases by using LPG. So, it is important for us to remove that tax on LPG to save our forests and the heath of many people. The proposal to allow products from the EPZ to be sold locally is welcome. Many investors will have a chance to invest in the EPZ area by putting up factories. I am sure if people know that they can produce and sell some of their products locally, we will have many of them setting up factories and other assets in the EPZ area. That will generate opportunities for employment and create income for many Kenyans. With those many remarks, I support the Bill. Thank you."
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