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    "id": 1268152,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1268152/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Starehe, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Maina",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13283,
        "legal_name": "Charles Kanyi Njagua",
        "slug": "charles-kanyi-njagua"
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    "content": "this is a Motion that we should embrace to protect our very infant creative industry. Making sure that we have a level playing field and introducing VAT on content and businesses conducted by non-residents of Kenya will protect our businesses and content creators. If we get more proactive Motions like this, we will take this country further. Instead of overburdening Kenyans with taxes, we should look for creative ways to incubate our young economy, bring down the cost of living and create equity in the market space so that people can do businesses and raise money to run their affairs. To the youth, this is a move in the right direction. Most of the youth are in the online businesses. Their biggest competitors have always been the non-residents who do not pay taxes making their online products and content cheaper. Their countries have also embraced very robust digital space technologies. Therefore, these foreigners compete unfairly with our people. I urge the Kenya Kwanza Government to continue bringing more creative ideas rather than thinking about borrowing and taxing the people more. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I submit."
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