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    "id": 1102481,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1102481/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thank the Members for raising the issues in the House and also thank you for having directed that this matter be looked at in a systematic way through the framework of the Committee that will be digesting the matters, so that we do not lose out the merits and demerits of the matter through politicking. It is a very emotive issue. We are also affected. We all have vehicles. We can feel the cost. As the Committee looks at the matters, I would like them to look at the following items: First, I reassure the House that it is within our mandate to deliberate and impose any taxation. No Member needs to feel guilty as we have been made to feel on television shows and people out there trying to blame Parliament saying that we are insensitive and are the ones who pass these laws. No Member needs to feel uncomfortable because as Parliament, we are being bashed. Even as we work on the issues surrounding this matter, let the Committee not be driven by a feeling of guilt that Parliament imposed a tax and the solution is for Parliament to remove it to look popular."
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