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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Samburu West, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Naisula Lesuuda",
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    "content": "I have personally listened to my ‘ground’ and the people who sent me to the august House. They have told me to vehemently oppose the Finance Bill, especially the issue of the housing tax. It started as a levy, then looked like a SACCO contribution and then looked like a chama . Now it is a tax! The people of Samburu West have told me that they are interested in their security and having an environment where they can live peacefully. They are not interested in the 1.5 per cent housing tax. I do not know why we are even focusing too much on the housing tax. There is the issue of 16 per cent fuel levy. In the last Parliament, we came together in this House and opposed the 16 per cent rise on fuel levy. I want to tell the same hustlers who have been forgotten that once the 16 per cent fuel levy is imposed, they will feel the pinch. The cost of living and manufacturing in this country will go up. We are saying we are creating jobs, but if manufacturers and investors run away from this country, how will we create employment? So, I oppose the Bill. It is contradictory when some leaders say that you cannot tax people to development or over-burden them with the tax, but at the same time, they support the Bill. Finally, the same leaders on the other side were the ones who opposed everything that the previous regime was doing, but they are now doing the same things and bringing the same proposals to this House. We know you want to do it in your first and second years and then go out and lure and lie to the people."
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