Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1373708,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1373708/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 215,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "I want to urge the Majority side to look at this Bill from both a policy prescription and a realistic point of view. At the end of the day, we are going to punish Kenyans. The reason I came here early and stayed for this long is because I have received several messages, especially from the teachers of this country and employed people who are low-income earners that they are already suffering. Many of them are going into negative payslips. They thought the relief that came from the courts was going to help them solve their problems. Some have already committed salaries and continuing to impose the tax as it is at this level is punitive and unfair. We want to tell the Government this; no country has ever developed by over-taxation and no country will ever progress by heavily taxing a common mwananchi . We can still do affordable/social housing by looking for seed capital of Ksh70 or Ksh100 billion. We can float a housing bond. We have received money through Eurobond. The sovereign credit rating of the country is still good, and therefore, we can raise that kind of money so that it becomes a sinking fund."
}