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    "id": 1260542,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okello",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Chairlady, as a result of the presentations, appeals and lamentations that we, as Azimio One Kenya Alliance, made on behalf of Kenyans, the Committee has ceded some ground. However, again, sometimes it becomes very difficult to tell what is exempted from taxation and what is zero-rated. We are pursuing the zero-rating angle because somebody has a right to claim for vatable taxes on raw materials but when a such raw material is only exempted, you only claim VAT on the final product. If it exempted, at the end of the day, the production costs become much higher. These are costs which are eventually transferred to Kenyans or whoever the end user of the finished product will be. That is why we have been pursuing this angle vigorously, on behalf of Kenyans. I was very disturbed that we were going to apply taxes on pharmaceuticals and medicines. There are people with medical conditions that require them to use insulin on a daily basis. Putting more taxes on insulin was going to be unbearable on those who consume this product and by the end of the day shortening their life-span on this earth. I support this amendment and hope that we will reach consensus on most of the divisive clauses."
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