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    "id": 1277822,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) John K. Mutunga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this Motion on the adoption of the Report of the Committee on the Excise Duty Regulations as an interpretation of the Act that was passed in 2015. The interpretation of Excise Duty was offered in the Excise Duty Act, 2015, but it has not been operationalised until now. It is important that we operationalise that Act in order to regulate the sub-sector and the products themselves. One of the most important things about Excise Duty is that it is a tool to influence the consumption of certain products. The consumption of some products is not properly guided. Excise Duty is also important in the sense that it also regulates and protects the environment for production. The Government will also gain some revenue through the introduction of those Regulations. It is important to have them in place in order to increase revenue, improve the environment and protect the health of our people. The Regulations propose the introduction of metering, which has a connotation of standardisation. When we have meter systems, standards will be correct, and the same kinds of appliances will be used to determine excisable goods. That will ensure that transferred goods are properly measured. The Legal Notice provides for specifications of the metering, the measurement of the goods or products that are supposed to be handled in this respect, and the metering devices themselves. That is important in the sense that it will ensure uniformity of such devices. Devices may be produced in different parts of the world and they may have The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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