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    "id": 1261073,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Chairman, let me just say a few things. First and foremost, as I had said before, this housing levy or tax is the mother of all scandals in this Finance Bill. There are very many other scandals in this Bill, but this is the mother of all. This housing levy is akin to a pyramid scheme. As we speak, without the infrastructure, mechanisms and framework for administering it, we are basically throwing good money after bad money. I am sure the average age of Members of Parliament in this House is about 40 or 50 years old. For the time you have lived on this earth in your village, whom have you ever heard has died because of lack of a house or shelter? Who has died in your village for lack of a house? I can tell you that the majority of people die in your villages because of hunger or lack of food. Who did this survey or research to come up with this need for houses for Kenyans? Who asked you for houses? Why are you addressing a problem that is not there? Why not deal with the problem that is there, which is lack of food? Why are you insisting on providing a house to somebody who is starving? It is unbelievable that you want to tax Kenyans. In fact, this animal has continued to mutate. It was initially a fund, it then became a saving, then a Savings and Credit Co-operative Organisation (SACCO). It became a fine, it went and became a penalty, and now it is a tax. This is the animal or mongrel called the Housing Levy."
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