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    "id": 1237104,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1237104/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musalia Mudavadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Cabinet Secretary",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 84,
        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
        "slug": "musalia-mudavadi"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me deal with the question from the Member for Kasipul. It is good that food was delivered to the people of Kasipul. We shall continue to support the constituency when we have a provision. The issue of cost of delivery is a valid point; food delivery to the needy must be done in a cost-effective manner. So, it is appreciated. There was the issue of the Ksh57 billion subsidy. That was precisely the point I was driving home a little bit earlier when I said that the Government had to terminate this very punitive subsidy around fuel which was not even altering the pump prices of the fuel. We were spending close to Ksh16 to Ksh20 billion per month to deal with this subsidy. I acknowledge that there is a pending portion of about Ksh57 billion, but this was because that subsidy, if I may use the words I used earlier, was ill advised. We are now suffering the consequences of that fuel subsidy, and that is why we have eliminated it. On the issue of housing, to the best of my knowledge, no tax has been put into effect. There is a misinterpretation of a message that went out that we want to grow savings. We want to grow our savings through contributions from the employer and the employee to the National Social and Security Fund (NSSF). That was the message. It was then distorted to give the impression that we are talking about taxing for the low-cost housing. I hope this helps to resolve that issue. Hon. Speaker, I also want to state that some measures we pronounced here and many others are geared towards stabilising the economy and attracting foreign direct investment. For instance, we have special economic zones which are being put up. We have seen measures like pronouncements from the national Government encouraging counties to set up industrial zones. The national Government will match the funds they put on the table so as to grow industrial zones all over the country in the 47 counties."
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