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    "id": 1498187,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Yes. Or the price of sand from Ukambani. What happens to the construction industry that we want to grow in this country? It makes housing very expensive to construct and increases interest rates because of the demands for loans. The interest rates will go up because counties are levying high charges. This Bill, however, gives us an opportunity to regulate what counties are doing. We are not stopping them from levying, but we are telling them that, as they are charging those levies, they should understand that they also have a national duty to anchor the economy of the country very well, by ensuring the levies they are charging are good. Another example is that counties charge levies on bed occupancies in hotels. That can make it very expensive for tourism to grow in a country. The people who would want to invest in the hotel industry, for example, would say that if a county is charging them that much, apart from the levies that are charged by the national government, then they may not want to invest in such a country because of heavy levies and charges from a county. Land rates are determined by counties. If we impose high land rates on plots and properties, or make all properties in a country rentable, then investors would not want to invest in such a country and especially the coast area. Land becomes expensive due to the rates that are being charged. Who is regulating this, in order to ensure that we do not make investing in this country very expensive? This is the reason why this Bill is important. We need to vote for this Bill, pass it and have it assented to, so that we can ensure that this country grows and counties do not inhibit its growth."
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