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    "id": 1156079,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1156079/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Amb. Ukur Yatani",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury and Planning",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, in the recent years, innovations in the tobacco industry have led to introduction of new products beyond e-cigarettes. These products continue to negatively affect the health of our citizens. The design of these products and their taxation regime makes them easily accessible to users, including to school children and the youth, thus leading to nicotine addiction and consequently smoking and use of other drugs. In order to prevent these habits and make the liquid nicotine used in these devices less accessible to users, including to school children and the youth, I propose to change the taxation regime for liquid nicotine from the current shillings per unit to an excise duty of Ksh70 per millilitre. Hon. Speaker, in the Bill, I have also proposed to increase the specific rates of excise duty for a number of products by 10 percent to generate additional revenue for the Government. Given the recent global increase in oil prices, I have excluded petroleum products from this increase. Hon. Speaker, I now turn to the proposed amendments under the Miscellaneous Fees and Levies Act. In order to promote manufacturing of pharmaceutical products, I propose to exempt inputs and raw materials imported by manufacturers of pharmaceutical products from payment of Import Declaration Fees (IDF) and Railway Development Levy (RDL). This will encourage investment in the health sector and improve access to affordable health care services."
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