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    "id": 246661,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/246661/?format=api",
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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": "Secondly, many Kenyans continue to drink illicit and dangerous alcohol, thereby becoming not only unproductive, but also imposing higher costs on our health care facilities. We have all seen the unfortunate incidents caused by this. Therefore, to make beer products affordable to the poor so that they can avoid the dangerous drink, I propose to remove the excise tax on non-malt beer sold in keg. I expect the industry to reduce the price of these beers by at least Kshs5 per 300 millilitres. I also expect them to expand their production and distribution network so that more Kenyans can have access to good quality beer at the same prices as sodas. Mr. Speaker, Sir, for your information, the current keg is sold at Kshs20 per measure and we propose to bring that down to less than Kshs15 per measure so that people can enjoy a good quality beer at the same cost as sodas. That way, people will avoid illicit drinks."
}