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    "id": 1554369,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this debate. I support the Bill because the Excise Duty of 25 per cent being removed on assembled transformers is a great improvement. This was in the Finance Bill of 2024 that was rejected. If you look back, you will realise that some of the things that were rejected would have positively impacted the economy. If this amendment had been carried a year ago, we would be steps ahead by now. At times, we are so impatient as a country. We do not take time to study some important amendments, this being one of them. Our country is going through a lot of change right now. One of the biggest challenges in rural areas is the lack of electricity supply in almost all villages. As we speak, the KPLC, in collaboration with the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC), is continuously connecting houses, schools and public facilities to electricity in the villages. Everybody is rushing to say they need electricity in their homes. Therefore, this is a very critical service because electricity improves security. It also provides electric power so that children can study at night. That way, a child in a rural place will have equal opportunities with a child in urban areas. Rural populations will be able to access amenities like people in urban areas. When we remove Excise Duty, we will encourage local manufacturing thus creating jobs and benefit from technology transfer. There will be a lot of multiplier effects that will arise from the passage of this Bill. This is, therefore, a very important Amendment Bill. With those few remarks, I support."
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