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    "id": 191969,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/191969/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ngugi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Mwaniki Ngugi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, that is where I come to my pet topic of corruption. Unless we close holes and see that the taxes we pay do not end up in a few individuals' pockets through contracts, then more and more Kenyans will be discouraged to pay taxes. I want to commend the Minister for Finance for coming up with taxation proposals that are not too punitive. But, in my view, some of them are not so wide. If you take, for example, the issue of allowing Kshs150,000 interest on a scheme for the National Housing Corporation, that is being selective. The National Housing Corporation is not the only organization that offers mortgage for housing. There are banks and housing societies. What the Minister ought to have done is to give a relief for Kshs150,000 across the board, in order to encourage more and more Kenyans to own houses. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, if we look at the food items that the Minister for Finance zero rated, they are okay. But our experience in the last two weeks since the Budget was read is that the intended benefit has not been realised. The traders are keeping the benefit while the"
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