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    "speaker_name": "Githunguri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba",
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    "content": "choice but to pass the cost of that tax to the users. If we do not remove VAT on raw materials that are used to make sanitary towels, we will still have expensive sanitary towels and diapers. Currently, some girls do not go to school when they are on their menses because they cannot afford sanitary towels. If we increase the price of sanitary towels, then we will deter the education of many young girls who have the potential to become powerful women in this country. In the spirit of making laws, we cannot make laws to obscure others. I have gone through all the proposals and noted that various provisions in this Bill will deter us from implementing the laws that we have previously made in this House. We have a proposal to amend the Data Protection Act of 2019. This law, which was passed in the previous Parliament, was enacted to protect personal data. I know that Members, including myself, have received numerous messages from the public. I do not know where they got our telephone numbers from, but we cannot blame them because they may be operating under pressure. It is, however, against the law to share out telephone numbers of Members of Parliament. Even as they do that, we are protected by the law. What happens if we amend that law and allow anybody to access our personal data, including financial data? Therefore, in my view, we must be very careful so that we do not make laws that are going to make other laws not to be operational. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I represent farmers. I would have been very excited to hear that, just as we have exempted VAT on transportation of sugar-cane – and which I am happy about – we have also exempted VAT on transportation of milk, avocados, macadamia nuts, tea and coffee. I understand that we want to make sure that we lower the cost of operations for sugar millers so that they can lower the cost of the sugar that we use to sweeten our tea. We also consume milk and we also want to lower the cost of its production so that we can have an affordable cup of tea. Therefore, I request this House to also extend the same treatment to farmers in Githunguri. With those many remarks, I am still not convinced that I should support this Bill."
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