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    "content": "maximum advantage and in particular, through the measures that the Minister has put in place. It is only then that we will realise perhaps, some reasonable growth in our manufacturing sector. This goes along with other incentives that the Minister must put in place, particularly in the area of energy; so, the issues of cost and other factors that affect the overhead costs must now be coming down to ensure that our manufacturing sector takes advantage of this. There is also the issue of the transit goods. In the past, they have really messed up the market because a lot of these transit goods kept on finding their way back into the market without paying the requisite taxes. So, since the Minister now is introducing electronic monitoring of these transit goods, we hope that this is going to work and will ensure that the local industry is protected. With the growth of the manufacturing sector, perhaps arising out of the East African Common Market, the Minister will now expect to increase revenue in those areas and he will be able to get tax revenue which will allow the growth of his basket. It is high time the Ministry lived to its expectations or its vision of ensuring that resources are allocated in areas where they expect optimum returns. Looking at the agriculture sector in totality, you will realise that the livestock sector contributes nearly 50 percent of agricultural produce in the market place. But when you look at the contribution or the investment from the Ministry in this sector, you will realise as much as the Ministry may have done something in a positive way this time round, but we are not yet there when it comes to the livestock sector. The livestock sector employs a substantial number of rural population. It also supports very many households in the rural areas. The allocation from the Ministry in this sector is not commensurate with its contribution. I can only say this is unfair and it should be addressed. There has been a lot of emphasis on crop production. I am not saying it is not important. It is equally important but then we must look at what are the returns and the motto of the Ministry is very clear. The vision of the Ministry is that you put resources where you get optimum returns. In this instance, there has been a blind eye on this except perhaps for this time round where there has been change in the right direction but we are not yet there. We should move in that direction. Also, in the area of tourism, it has been a good foreign exchange earner and they have been paying their taxes very well. Over a long period, the tourism sector has been ignored in terms of Government resource allocation. Indeed, most of the resources have come from donors rather than our own local resources. It is high time that this Ministry is given attention because it employs many people, just like the manufacturing sector if well taken care of. If the industry is supported in the common market area, then we expect employment, not the type of KaziKwa Vijana type. Employment in the formal sector is expected to grow and that will, in turn, build the tax bracket; the people who will come into the tax bracket as far as taxation issues are concerned. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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