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    "content": "Yes, I wanted to contribute to the amendments that the Chairperson has moved. I particularly support the amendment to impose more Excise Duty on things like imported pasta. Just as I said in the Second Reading, many luxurious foods are being imported into the country by people who can afford to buy those luxurious food commodities. I support the Chair that we should impose more tax on those luxurious food items and avoid taxing bread, maize flour and wheat flour, as has been proposed by the National Treasury, which are the food items that ordinary Kenyans and hustlers are eating. I support the Chair because hustlers do not eat pasta. Pasta is eaten by people who can afford it and they should be taxed. I had an engagement earlier with the Chairperson where I proposed that we should tax it at a higher rate. I support Part (d) of her amendments. I want to be on record because I have had very intense engagements with the Chair on this particular matter. If you look at that particular amendment, it talks about deleting the rate corresponding the description “products containing nicotine or nicotine substitutes intended for inhalation without combustion or oral application, but excluding medicinal products approved by the Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters relating to health and other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes that have been 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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