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"speaker_name": "Kajiado East, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kakuta Maimai",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for allowing me to contribute on behalf of the people of Kajiado East Constituency. I rise to oppose the Finance Bill, 2024 because it has excessive taxes on the common wananchi. Our economy has not improved, and about 16 per cent of our population live below poverty line. This is because of the bad economy and corruption. More taxes will overburden wananchi. We should do more to help the wananchi instead of loading them with taxes. The Ksh9 fuel levy is another burden to wananchi. I can imagine my people commuting between Kitengela and Nairobi. With the back and forth, they pay more for transport because of the increase in the fuel levy. I stand to oppose the Bill because it is not friendly to common mwananchi. Thank you."
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