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    "id": 217232,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/217232/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mwanzia",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 268,
        "legal_name": "Daudi Fredrick Mwanzia",
        "slug": "daudi-mwanzia"
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    "content": ". I urge the Minister to implement all that he has promised Kenyans. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to thank the Minister for trying to make sure that the Budget is actually domestically financed through raising capital from the local market and not relying very much on external funding. In the past, we know relying very much on external funding has caused a lot of problems. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to thank the Minister for the taxation policies which he is trying to bring forward, and especially for not increasing taxation on foodstuffs and other essential commodities. This has been actually the culprit in the last few Budgets. I would have June 26, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2041 liked to see the Minister more or less remove VAT on essential commodities like maize meal, sugar and others, and transfer that tax to other taxable bases. I think it has been a good Budget so far. I now want to dwell on some policies, especially that on rural electrification. I want to thank the Government. For the last two years, it has put in place very good rural electrification policies, whereby it has tried to install electricity in rural areas, shopping centres, secondary schools, boreholes and other public facilities. However, there has been a very big problem with rural electrification. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government has provided about Kshs8 billion for rural electrification. It has given out so many contracts out there. So many people have paid money for connection, especially through what we are calling \"Customer Creation Programme\". Contracts have been awarded for the last three or four years, but they are still pending. People out there are still waiting for electricity infrastructure to be put in place, so that connection can be done."
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