{"id":1332883,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1332883/?format=json","text_counter":532,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Emuhaya, ANC","speaker_title":"Hon. Omboko Milemba","speaker":null,"content":"There was an issue on the Excise tax. The Excise Tax is supposed to be punitive in a way on products that are discouraged like alcohol and gambling which we have been dealing with a few minutes ago. The Excise Tax in Kenya has also been applied to many other goods which otherwise should not be put in this particular bracket. I hope in this policy, and I overheard the Chairman mention something on this, they are going to be limited to luxury goods. In economics, we used to call them the giffen goods."}