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    "id": 199766,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, for finally noticing me. The issue here is very fundamental. We dealt with this issue last year and nothing has changed. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I would like to bring it to the attention of the House that we had a meeting some time back with the Commissioner-General of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and his team. They talked to us about the problems which they thought we had last year and they promised never to repeat them. They said that they were going to consult these people and help them just because they are our local and indigenous manufacturers. What is coming out clear now is that this Minister is shaping out to be a friend of multinationals at the expense of our local manufacturers and yet they are our very own people. They are complaining about the Minister and yet he cannot give them audience. They admit that they want to pay taxes as long as they are not based on the characteristics of cigarettes because it is a war against Supermatch and Sportsman. This Parliament has no business in killing somebody's flagship just because the Minister is a friend of the multinational companies. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, based on that alone, this country and Government has the responsibility to protect the local industry and the Minister should take the lead. I do not think he is in order to take the House through this year in, year out even after we have tried to engage him in some constructive dialogue not to kill our local industry."
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