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    "id": 1043782,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1043782/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Nuh",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
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    "content": " Hon. Ichung’wah, listen. I agree with what Hon. Ichung’wah is saying. I respect him a lot because he is a former Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. However, is it fair for Hon. Ichung’wah to speak from both sides of the mouth? He is saying that he is on record in this House as having opposed the reduction of VAT from 16 per cent to 14 per cent. Today, he is opposed to increasing the same VAT from 14 per cent to 16 per cent. It is clear that he is playing to the gallery. He is speaking to people outside this House. He is not addressing us as Members of this House. If he was for the idea that VAT should remain at 16 per cent, now that is exactly what we are doing today. We are agreeing with him that VAT should not have been reduced to 14 per cent because it is not going to benefit Kenyans. Now, he is telling us not to increase it. Hon. Ichung’wah has now discovered that being seen to be supporting Government is wrong. He has discovered like Vasco da Gama just the other day. Some of us saw it a long time ago but we have agreed to live in that manner and form."
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