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"speaker_name": "Marakwet East, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kangogo Bowen",
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"content": "was carried forward. I want to tell the Hon. Members here that the 16 per cent on the Fuel Levy is not a new tax. It has been there before. We are just standardising it now. There is the issue of housing. According to the Kenya Bureau of Statistics (KEBS), 38 per cent of Kenyans currently live in urban areas. In 2050, about 68 to 70 per cent of Kenyans will be living in urban areas. The housing tax is very important because we do not want to be a country of slums. We need to provide decent housing for our people. I ask my colleagues not to debate these issues outside the House. Let them read the Bill and get to understand it so that when we get to the Committee of the whole House, they can bring the necessary amendments that we can debate as Members of Parliament. I support, Hon. Speaker."
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