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    "id": 1091832,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1091832/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Sen. Sakaja is raising a very critical issue that is affecting many traders. What we need to note is that when we are applying these discriminatory taxes among the five East African States, we are giving competitive advantage to our competitors. Just the other day I watched Ugandans take gold in the 3,000 metres steeplechase which traditionally has been a Kenyan race. Maybe it is because Ugandans are giving so many incentives to their athletes while we are stifling our Kenyans; taxing them to the level that they are not even inspired. When you look at even the importation of Four by Four vehicles you will be surprised that in Uganda you can import a car that is 12 years old. The same applies to Tanzania and Rwanda. However, when it comes to Kenya, it is restrictive. You cannot import a car that is more than eight years old. When you go to the Mara here people are struggling to have Four by Fours. In Tanzania and Uganda those vehicles are all over. We should not just be here to tick boxes that a Statement was here, we have spoken about it and we forget about it. This is a matter where we should begin by summoning the Cabinet Secretaries for Trade, Finance and the East African Community so that we discuss this matter. These are our people. Why are we deliberately disadvantaging Kenyans and making our neighbours have a competitive advantage over us? Kenyans are importing animal and poultry feeds from our neighbouring countries because we have a very oppressive taxation regime here."
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