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    "id": 193508,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/193508/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Finance",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": "In order to encourage growth of our industries, to expand job opportunities and to make local goods affordable, I propose to reduce the import duty on easy opening ends of cans used for food packing from 25 per cent to 10 per cent. To promote the growth of our building industry and to increase the use of locally manufactured goods, I propose to impose a duty rate of 10 per cent on sodium sulphate which is manufactured from soda ash which is available locally, aluminium sulphate which is locally manufactured and used mostly in the treatment of water, and epoxide resin that is used in paint and shoe industries. This will protect our local production by imposing a higher cost on the cheaper imports that are being brought in to compete with these. Mr. Speaker, Sir, to further consolidate the growth of our construction industry and to accelerate the ongoing infrastructure development in our country, I propose to reduce the import duty on cement from 40 per cent to 25 per cent to make this product available to the users. This will help to reduce the supply side constraints while the local capacity is being enhanced."
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