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    "id": 235309,
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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": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I stand here on behalf of the sugar farmers. We just passed an amendment. The Bill had initially proposed that the SDL be charged on the farmers because that is what can be taxed by anyone else, except the Exchequer. Having accepted that it is a tax, and this House, having approved that it be taxed, and collected by the KRA, it becomes money to the Exchequer. All we are trying to say is that we need to harmonise the Sugar Act to recognise what we have just passed which is now a tax on the consumer to be collected by the KRA. Whether we pass this amendment or not, it will only make it administratively difficult for the Sugar Act, but not for the Exchequer. Let us harmonise this, bearing in mind that the sugar farmer is not here to make his contribution regarding this confusion. We want to make the administration of the fund easier. So, let us not oppose it for the sake of opposing."
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