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    "id": 193003,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/193003/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kathuri",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 38,
        "legal_name": "Emilio Mureithi Kathuri",
        "slug": "emilio-kathuri"
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    "content": ". To me, this should not have been the case. If anything, the Minister should have targeted an area like stamp duty because whoever is buying the property is somebody who can afford it. The Minister should have left alone the issue of increasing search fees. If somebody can afford to buy Corner House, even if he was charged 10 per cent, surely, he will still pay the stamp duty. To me, that should have been the right direction. Unfortunately, that was not considered. I hope the Minister will find a way of addressing the issue, maybe, through some internal arrangements. It will be better. That way, the ordinary mwananchi will be able to breath fresh air. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we thought that the Minister would have addressed the issue of the skyrocketing prices of fuel. It would not have been so difficult because he would have targeted airtime and handsets instead of bringing the National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK) from the periphery. The NOCK cannot handle this issue. It is not a simple matter. If the Minister decided to increase the cost of airtime, it will not be difficult to raise may be even more than what he would have raised through fuel, and especially diesel which is used by most factories and public service vehicles which serve the ordinary mwananchi . As we have seen from the profit made by Safaricom, airtime is in high demand. Anybody who is making a call--- One, it is a luxury. Even if it is not a luxury, that is the person we should target, because they have many other options. When you target fuel, and especially diesel, we are, definitely, targeting the ordinary mwananchi who uses PSVs because he has no other option. I think there are other luxuries which the Minister would have targeted more like beer. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I happen to be a teetotaller, but that is not the reason why I want beer to be more taxed. We all know whoever goes to a bar to take a beer, at times, does not even go to the cheapest bar. There are many reasons why that person can even afford to pay more. Even if we look at history, beer prices have always gone up during the Budget and the consumption has equally always gone up. So, even now if it was targeted for more taxation, it will still not be a big issue. When I buy somebody a beer, I also do not ask the price. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister also commented about---"
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