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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to finish by saying that we need to deal with the issue of our tax regime. When we went to our border with Uganda, we found plant and machinery going to Uganda. This means we are losing manufacturing to Uganda because they have a better taxation regime than us. We need to look at how to retain manufacturing in our special economic zones and enhance the tax incentives we give to our people. Another thing we did is putting excise or import duty on imported timber and people stopped bringing timber from Congo and other places. Now deforestation is happening here as a result. I want to thank the National Treasury because many things that have been pointed out have already been rectified. At the Malaba Border Post, we found leaking roofs and there was no water and already they have begun repairs. They have put money there even though there is traffic. If you are at the Malaba Border, traffic is in Ugunja. We are looking at how to raise resources to make a big parking so that trucks can park as processing is being done and we ensure efficiency of the processes. If we facilitate KRA, we are likely to raise much more revenue without squeezing Kenyans further."
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