{"id":147205,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/147205/?format=json","text_counter":155,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Fifth, the current excise duty rate disparity across our borders remains a major source of smuggling and tax evasion of spirits and wines. To mitigate against these risks and to encourage the use of locally produced hygienic products, I propose to change the excise duty regime from alcohol by volume to a hybrid type of specific and ad valoreum as was the case before."}