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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwingi West, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Ngusya",
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    "content": "some few items. They have also dropped the proposals to levy capital gain tax on the transfer of property. However, Hon. Speaker, based on all the 18 issues they addressed, I still feel the mood in the country and even what we call the Finance Act of 2023/2024. Kenyans have not recovered from all these issues. Based on what I have been instructed by my voters, and what Kenyans are doing even now all over the streets, I oppose this Finance Bill. We can do many things. I am opposing the Bill because of the proposal to increase import declaration fee from 2.5 per cent to 3 per cent, yet Kenya is a net importer. Sixty per cent of what we consume in this country is imported. This means we are going to have a multiplier effect in our economy. The other issue was the increase of duty in respect of gaming and betting. Nobody has spoken about this issue. It is proposed that it be increased from 12.5 per cent to 20 per cent. This is the only fund we rely on to take our sportsmen and other people to compete in international competitions like the Olympic games that we will witness in France next month. It is not going …"
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