{"id":1117617,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1117617/?format=json","text_counter":465,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"A few years ago, farmers could import agricultural machinery and other farm implements without paying any taxes. However, they now pay taxes. When you go to CMC motors and buy a tractor, you not only pay for Value Added Tax (VAT), but more taxes on the farm implements. How do you expect to develop this nation when the small farmer is taxed?"}