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    "id": 1102552,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bondo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Ochanda",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Ochanda Ogolla",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We are at a time when as a country we may have to look at how a single commodity can be taxed 100 per cent. Could the Committee check again which other commodities are taxed to this level? That is what is going to help us as a country. What is happening in the energy sector that there are problems with power, gas, gasoline and many other products? What is happening that the whole target is only the energy sector? As the Committee looks at this matter as you have directed, I want to believe that the Committee may want to check what other commodities are taxed this much. What is the effect of these other commodities on the economy compared to energy or fuel? We need to compare the effects of increasing fuel prices with the effects of increasing prices of other commodities that would attract closer tax as that of fuel. I think the Committee needs to go beyond what you have directed so that it helps this House in checking the extent to which other commodities can also be considered for taxation. So, there is quite a bit that the Committee needs to do for purposes of making sure that we bring this country back to its feet. Thank you."
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