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    "id": 1441782,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kacheliba, KUP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Titus Lotee",
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    "content": "start to educate the members of the public. This is because if writing hides information from them, then we should talk to them so that they also know that the things that they talk about have been proposed for amendments. For example, they are talking about the following proposed taxes that have since been proposed for removal: 16 per cent VAT on bread, 25 per cent Excise Duty on crude palm oil and finished cooking oil and that are fees charged on money transfer services. This is because it is still in the Bill and they have not seen the proposed amendments. Lastly, I support the Bill because of five things: One of them is that for the first time, we will employ 46,000 intern teachers. We intend to confirm them into permanent and pensionable terms. This country has suffered cases of unemployment. If the Bill seeks to employ 46,000 people, why do we just want to throw it away? We should sympathise with the unemployed people who want to get jobs. This is because if they get jobs, they will improve the economy of this country. Let us sympathise with the 20,000 more that will join the internship programme this year so that they can be employed next year. If you say no to the Bill, you are also saying no to their employment. The next one is about the pastoralists whom I represent. For the first time, they will be compensated for the loss of their livestock. That is a big thing. I also support the Bill because the local manufacturing industry will be improved. Before joining Parliament, I worked as the CEO of the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF). So, I know of some women groups that tried to form cottage industries to manufacture sanitary towels, but were killed because there were cheap imports of sanitary towels from China. If we want to grow our economy, we will need to improve our manufacturing industries. We do not need high quality brands at this point. Every country that has developed started with low quality brands and improved on them with time. But most importantly, we will create employment in this country. How do we improve our industries if we say that our brands are cheap and of low quality and so we will not start? We have to start from somewhere. Finally, as I finish, I will support the Bill because I am not a tabula rasa and I have not been brainwashed. I will support it, as amended, because everything punitive has been removed. Thank you."
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