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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, even going by what the Minister has told this House, I am personally not satisfied because when I look at the kind of money that motorists will be paying, it is not little money! If a truck has to pay Kshs6,000 to get to its destination and back, that is not little money. In any case, unless corrected, these trucks are also consuming fuel and the tax is accommodated in the price of fuel. This will amount to double taxation. We have not had a proper statistical data presented to this House by the Minister to show that within this and that period, we expect this and that number of vehicles to ply through these routes and this is the amount of money we expect to raise within this period and that in our view we would have paid the US$3 million. There will also be surplus which shall be shared between the concessionaire and the Government of Kenya for the benefit of the taxpayers. Let it not appear that because the taxpayers are not putting in any little money, then there is nothing else they are contributing. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are mortgaging our resource for 30 years. We must be convinced as leaders or as the Back Bench, which has a duty to check the Executive, so that what is done is for the good of this country. Mr. Minister, I appreciate what you do, but, please, convince us because we are willing to do it. However, in the circumstances, I personally feel constrained to support this Motion. I oppose."
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