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    "id": 1043779,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1043779/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": ". It would only benefit business people. Shockingly today, with the increase of the VAT rate from 14 per cent to 16 per cent, I can bet the day after tomorrow that there are prices of commodities that will go up. That is because people in business are driven by profit motive and not anything else. There are certain things that we must be cautious as we do. It is good to be seen to be supporting the Government - and I say to be seen - but we must have reason as to why we support certain actions of the Government. The Government is not always right. The reason the former President Mwai Kibaki established the National Economic Council was to be able to benefit from other ideas outside of the bureaucracy of the Government and the old and kawaida thinking that exists in the Government. It is unfortunate that the Economic Council is not very active today. I pray that even as the House passes this particular amendment, 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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