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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M'Mukindia",
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        "legal_name": "Kirugi Joseph Laiboni M'Mukindia",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we do not have a very clear competition policy or even monopoly policy in this country. I think this is an area that the Minister and his technical people need to look at. Increasingly, and this is unfortunate, questions are going to be raised as to the independence of the decisions that have been made by the Treasury on certain taxation proposals. The reason I say this, like I said, is because it has not been made very clear. However, the allusions are not good for the integrity of this House, the Treasury or the Minister. There are questions which have been raised that certain companies--- I will give an example where somebody took me through the issue of cigarettes and the liquor business. The technocrats know exactly what this is all about. However, there are certain categories of cigarettes, for example, and if you change the taxation levels in those categories, somehow depending on the market share, one person may be more adversely affected than the other. In the same way, in the liquor area, if the liquor quantity is so much and you change the taxation policy in a certain way, you can actually kill indigenous businesses - these are the weaker ones - while the multinationals, who have the muscle to push these ideas, get the benefits through this House. It is terrible for us, as hon. Members and representatives of the people to be asked to pass taxation measures which are designed solely to kill indigenous businesses. It is a shame!"
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