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    "id": 199757,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/199757/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Oparanya",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 201,
        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya",
        "slug": "wycliffe-oparanya"
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    "content": "A Up to Kshs1,500 500 B Kshs1,501 to Kshs2,500 800 C Kshs2,501 to Kshs3,500 1,200 D More than Kshs3,501 2,000 (c) by deleting item (d) and the proposals made thereunder. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the Minister has proposed an increase in Excise Duty and this affects the local cigarette industry. We agree with the Minister's proposal to increase the Excise Duty. However, what we are rejecting is the Minister's proposal to use the characteristics of cigarettes to tax them. The Minister is changing from using the selling price or the factory price to the characteristics of cigarettes. By doing so, the Minister has affected the local industry as we said before, whereas in Uganda and Tanzania they look at the local content. The Minister has ignored that and changed the taxation from the selling price to the characteristics. That has affected one of the largest local industries in cigarettes manufacture in that its flagship cigarette has moved from Category B to Category C. The taxes have increased to 68 per cent with which you October 16, 2007 PARLIAENTARY DEBATES 4483 cannot sustain that industry. I beg to move."
}