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"speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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"content": " Hon. Speaker, what I was saying is very important. I may need to repeat it. The provision under Clause 4 is very dangerous. I would urge that this matter is re-looked into. For the farmers in the village, after producing their crops and selling their produce, they will be required to surrender 1.5 per cent of their gross produce to the Housing Levy. That is punitive and it is going to lead to unnecessary harassment of ordinary Kenyans by the KRA. I can see the Leader of the Majority Party laughing. When he was moving this Motion, he said that they are very happy because the Government is going to receive more money. Why should they be happy when the hustlers are suffering? Is it just because they are getting more money to do things that are not so clear like providing housing to people that we do not know? This is something that needs to be looked into and removed from this law. Even though the Judiciary mentioned about discrimination, there should be a better way..."
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