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    "id": 1442041,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1442041/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kuria Kimani",
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    "content": "been demonstrated that changing taxation on cigarettes actually impacts the consumption of these products and has subsequent impact on reduction of cancer cases. Hon. Speaker, on alcoholic beverages, the proposed amendment to shift from taxation by volume to taxation by alcohol content, is also a great welcome policy idea. This aligns with best practice globally. It means that alcoholic drinks with higher alcohol content will have a higher excise duty than those with lower alcohol content. This will make higher content alcohol more expensive. Most importantly, in the fight against illicit brews, it will ensure there is safer alcohol available for those who want to consume it. As a country, we have accepted there are those who take alcohol and those who do not. So, those who take should be given access to safe, affordable and healthy alcohol. This will discourage illicit brews. As we robustly engage in the contentious Finance Bill and critic it, we must realise that it aims to collect only Ksh346 billion from a proposed Ksh3.9 trillion. We, therefore, request this House, our departmental committees, oversight committees, and Kenyans to interrogate the expenditure side of this Budget as they interrogated the financing side. That will lead to a more robust Budget-making process. It will reduce and prevent budgeted corruption and maintain fiscal discipline in the use of our resources by the Executive. One of the credit cases we face is the tax deficit on what will be used. This House, in its oversight role, can do a great job in reducing that tax deficit and ensure that the tax paid from the hard-earned money by Kenyans is spent correctly for the success and prosperity of the great Republic of Kenya. With that, I beg to support."
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