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    "id": 376709,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/376709/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1889,
        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
        "slug": "chrisantus-wamalwa-wakhungu"
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to vigorously oppose. This VAT Bill was introduced in the 10th Parliament and it was vigorously opposed. It was rejected in totality. In every country we talk about production. The economy of this country is agricultural based. If you say that you are going to increase VAT on agricultural inputs it means that production cost is going to be high. It goes without saying that the output price will be very high to the consumer. We have heard many times that the wage bill is high. When we try to increase the prices of basic goods, are we increasing salaries? We have just seen the case of the TSC and the teachers who have been striking. If at all we are going to increase the cost of production, life is not going to be affordable. I was watching my colleague move the Bill and hon. Njenga seconding it. Since they are my friends, I was looking at their body language, which definitely showed that they were not for the idea they stated. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker when it comes to sanitary towels, for example, there is discrimination. If one was born a female, it was not her wish---"
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