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    "id": 250442,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/250442/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang'-Nyong'o",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was saying that we do not need particularly to collect this Excise Duty here to get the money the Minister needs to finance Government expenditure. I would like to call to the Minister's attention, an article in the DailyNation today by Jaindi Kisero, which I think will answer most of the questions the Minister was concerned about. If he really wants to raise money for the long term development of infrastructure in this country, then he had better read the article by Jaindi Kisero. You are much better off raising money through long-term bonds, house or road construction rather than by penalising the consumer in the rural areas by letting that consumer pay this painful tax for a commodity he depends on. We know that the policy of the NARC Government when it took over was that we should improve the environment, and that Kenyans should rely less on wood fuel and more on other forms of fuel, especially, liquified petroleum gas (LPG). We know that in Senegal, LPG is cheaper than kerosene yet Senegal is not richer than Kenya. The reason why the Senegalese have reduced the price of LPG is because it is a much more user-friendly energy source for domestic consumption."
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