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    "id": 1004817,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (",
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    "content": "Kikuyu, JP): Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to oppose that re-committal. I spoke during the Second Reading of this Bill. In addition, I indicated in part of my contribution that one of the reasons I was in support of the Committee's recommendations to zero- rate unga was because we had zero-rated bread and milk. I have seen the proposed amendments that the Chair intends to move which would be to create a provision where we are only zero-rating these for a period of six months during the COVID-19 period, which is a good thing. However, the Chair might have some wisdom that Cabinet Secretary (CS), Mutahi Kagwe might not have to tell us how he intends to end COVID-19 within the next six months. I indicated that Kenyans are crying out to us as their representatives that they send us to this House to represent them as they are being taxed. If we are zero-rating tax on milk that Kenyans can do without a cup of tea and without milk and do black tea… There are people who do without bread but the Kenyan people will not do without unga. Let us listen to our people. Hon. Speaker, I pleaded during the Second Reading that we listen to the cries of our people who are telling us \"we have no food, we cannot breathe!\" I would really beg that we allow the zero- rating of unga to continue until June 2021. This House will still be in session. I hope that the Chair will still be the chair. The Leader of Majority Party will still be the Leader of Majority and so will the Leader of Minority and Minority Whip. God willing, Inshallah! That being so, I am hopeful that by June next year when we have this Finance Bill again and probably by February or March, nothing stops this House from coming to legislate again. However, for now when our people are crying, let us not subject them to any more taxation on something as basic as unga . I would beg that we do not support this recommittal and we maintain what we had passed. It is not true what the Leader of Majority Party is saying, that it was an oversight. He was seated here and I was seated here. We were very alert. I was so alert to ensure that I protect the Kenyan people against further taxation because they are still crying, \"we have no food!\""
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