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    "id": 1441054,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1441054/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera West, UDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Yusuf Adan",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this very important Bill. Legislating on Finance Bill is an annual event which has been taking place from the time Kenya was born. Personally, this is the seventh time I am participating in Finance Bill legislation. We all know that if we do not pass the Finance Bill, there will be no Government activity. Also, the Government is there for the interest of the country. I take this opportunity to sincerely thank the Departmental Committee on Finance for undertaking thorough public participation all over the country and listening to Kenyans on the various issues that were raised. I take this opportunity to sincerely thank the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for doing a very thorough public participation exercise all over the country and for listening to the various issues that were raised by the public. I particularly thank the Committee for recommending that the contentious issues such as Value Added Tax on bread, motor vehicle tax, Eco Levy on sanitary pads and diapers, Excise Duty on vegetable oils and other contentious clauses to be dropped. Therefore, this House should concur with the recommendations of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning to drop the very contentious clauses. I have been called severally by my constituents. However, I explained to them what has been proposed to be dropped. The Finance Bill 2024 has proposed to put one billion shillings for restocking. As you all know, the area I represent and other neighbouring areas had a serious drought for four years and we lost almost all of our livestock. We do not have any other livelihood except rearing of livestock. This Finance Bill is giving us one billion to restock. That is a very big gain and my constituents have told me to make sure that that one billion is protected. There are very important gains in the Finance Bill, particularly..."
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