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    "id": 1458888,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kimilili, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Didmus Barasa",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I want to oppose the amendment by Hon. Mutuse. If we want to protect the cotton sector, then we should not put any tax on importation of cotton unfinished products. Instead, you completely ban importation. We need this country to ban importation of cotton and unfinished cotton products. Before you create a levy, then you must first have regulations. How are the levies you collect going to trickle down to develop the sector? We do not want to repeat a situation where the courts have accused us of coming up with proposals to increase taxes on certain products when we do not have a framework on how those collected taxes and funds will benefit the farmers. I agree that we must protect the cotton industry, but this cannot be done by taxing imports, but by completely banning them so that our farmers can get value for the cotton crops they grow. I reject the amendment by Hon. Mutuse."
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