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    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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        "legal_name": "John Kiarie Waweru",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I pray that my minutes have been preserved. I would like to apologise profusely. I was carried away by the statement on women leadership when I was busy congratulating this very educated lady from my alma mater to show that we went to good schools and got good education. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as we debate the Finance Bill, we have to realise that budget-making is the business of this House. If we have any issues with this Finance Bill, the remedy is to bring amendments to this House. I support and would like it to be on record that I shall be bringing amendments. I will be calling upon Members who have similar amendments so that we sit down and coalesce our ideas and come up with unified amendments to the Finance Bill. It is important we amend the matters that have to do with LPG. We need to ensure that Kenyans have access to cooking energy. The Kenyans I am talking about are the ones like those who live in Darogetti South Constituency – my Constituency. There, we do not have forests where we can go and harvest firewood. Also, by increasing the taxes on LPG, we shall be occasioning a double jeopardy on our people. These are the people who depend on either gas or kerosene to cook. Tax on fuel was increased. If we increase tax on LPG, we shall be occasioning a great disservice on the people who depend on it. My amendments will be seeking to be in line and in tandem with the Government’s agenda on green energy. If we are serious about promoting green energy in this country, let us make it affordable. I shall be bringing amendments to remedy the LPG situation. There is a product in the market going by the name Lyft. It is a very ingenious method by tobacco manufacturers to have tobacco consumed in pouches that are put in the mouth and they melt out giving a feeling of euphoria to the consumer. This Lyft product is a direct injection of tobacco into one’s bloodstream. We have passed laws against tobacco. We have been trying to manage tobacco consumption. We are a country that is suffering from a calamity called cancer. The expense incurred in curing cancer-related diseases is a burden that is carried by the normal mwanachi. The money comes from the taxes that mwanachi pays. We know families that are one hospital bill away from poverty. In encouraging the consumption of tobacco products, which we know are dangerous drugs... Hon. (Dr.) Pukose will tell you tobacco can occasion close to a thousand ailments. In that sense, I believe it would be 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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