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    "id": 1003346,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. T.J. Kajwang’",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2712,
        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": " Thank you. I am well advised. Precisely this is my point: You have not built an expressway and you are here with legislation today. When I drive out of Parliament this evening, there is nothing called an express highway. It is still in the design books. And somebody brings legislation. What you should have done, my respected Chair, is to lay the infrastructure first. Get it done; make it the express highway that it should be. For example, you can drive from Entebbe to Mukono on the expressway done by the Chinese. And, of course, if they are charging a toll on it, they are entitled to it. However, on where I think you messed or where there was an oversight, my respectful view is that you brought legislation on road tax in a Financial Bill as though it is a miscellaneous amendment to the Finance Act. This is the problem with many legislations. You should have gone to the Tolls Act itself and proposed these very good amendments you have here. Then, you will not only be laying the framework but also, the infrastructure for it. When this Finance Bill gets effect in July, it will not wait for the future to bring these things. They will start collecting these things, and I can tell you that fares will go up, spare parts and cost of motoring will go up. It will not do what these people are intending it to do. Lastly, I have a lot of respect for my friend, the Chair. He has done a good job. However, I just want to come back to the management, or the presidium. This is the way to go. We must have a Finance Bill before we go to an Appropriations Bill. We have fought on the plenary, poured water and cried here so that we understand this simple thing which now gladly… I know we had 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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