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    "id": 1441327,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Bill and the Committee’s Report, together with all its amendments. I take this opportunity to thank the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for the great work they did, especially for listening to the people of Kenya. As I said yesterday, this Committee listened to the people of Kenya. If you go through the compendium of amendments that this Committee has proposed, you will realise that yesterday, they listened to Kenyans on the proposed VAT on bread, boda boda sector, Eco Levy on diapers, sanitary towels and other things that Kenyans said are harmful or detrimental to their wellbeing in terms of the cost of living. I want to take this opportunity to point out a few things to Kenyans. This is because I know all these Members are being bombarded with messages asking them to reject this Finance Bill. Yesterday, it became clear and apparent that some measures were taken after having listened to Kenyans. A good number of them started saying Members should not edit this Bill but reject it. We do not edit Bills but rather, we propose amendments and adopt them. The consequential Bill which is passed in the Committee of the whole House is what becomes the Act of Parliament. Therefore, we have that as the new operative law of the Finance Act, 2024. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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