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    "id": 1079833,
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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": "country, the Cabinet Secretary or anybody in the National Treasury can sit and on their own volition or at the instigation of other forces out there, decide to give remission on duty on even sinful things like beer, cigarettes and wines. I am not saying those who partake of those things should not partake them, but these are rich men and women. These are people who can afford all these commodities irrespective of how much you tax them. Therefore, I intend to bring amendments to ensure that approval of any remission on duty on beer, wines, cigarettes and all those sinful commodities is sought from this House. You remember we convened for a Special Sitting last month to give remission on the Minimum Tax to Kenya Airways. We brought that matter to this House and we sat here a whole afternoon deliberating on approval of giving Kenya Airways remission of Minimum Tax. Why is it that we should not come and sit here and approve remission on Excise Duty for beer or wines? I intend to bring amendments to that effect. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there are also issues that I do not want to repeat, but many Members, including David ole Sankok, have spoken to, like the issue of imported products especially agricultural products. We are importing potatoes. Probably, your children and my children are lining up at Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and other expensive outlets in town. You will be shocked that KFC and many of those franchise companies today are importing potatoes from South Africa, United States of America (USA) and Mexico yet farmers in Kikuyu and Ndeiya are growing potatoes. Farmers in Kipipiri, where the Leader of the Majority Party comes from, are growing potatoes, but the potatoes are rotting in our farms because people are importing potatoes from as far as Mexico, South Africa and the USA. The same business if you go to Gachie or Wangige markets, eggs are coming from South Africa, China and our farmers cannot sell their products. I intend to bring amendments to make sure that we levy more taxes on imported agricultural products like potatoes and eggs to make sure that they become very expensive to import. This is because those who buy from those outlets can afford."
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