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    "id": 1554373,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1554373/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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    "content": "This Bill seeks to encourage people within the electricity industry. Removing Excise Duty will substantially reduce the cost of locally assembling transformers. That is what we proposed last year. If we remove the 25 per cent Excise Duty, dealers in the electricity sector, including KPLC and transformer suppliers, can import transformers in parts and assemble them in the country. That will help create jobs because our country's assembly industry will grow. Currently, many transformers we import into the country are fully assembled elsewhere, meaning that jobs have been created elsewhere. Removing Excise Duty on imported transformer parts will encourage foreign investors to establish assembly plants in the country, thus creating jobs for our youths as we mitigate the challenge of not having enough transformers. I wish this Bill could have come to the House as early as 2023. We could have solved this problem."
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