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    "id": 397359,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, my points of order are two, and are based on what hon. A.B. Duale has spoken to. First of all, he should not impute improper motive on another Member. I am not playing populist politics. I want to remind hon. A.B. Duale that his own Cabinet Secretary for Finance was on the Floor here and he said that Capital Gains Tax would be reinstated. I can refer to his speech. That is what I am trying to do. I am doing what his Government has failed to do. So, referring to me as a person playing populist politics when they have failed to do what they should do is in bad taste. Finally, he is talking about waiver and that is why sometimes I would advise that, if you are not a finance expert do not use finance terms. Waiver is not the same thing as legislating by changing the percentage of tax! Waiver is waiver! If the Cabinet Secretary gives a waiver he says that the tax is payable, but will not be paid because of a certain reason. That is what you report. However, this is not a waiver! We are legislating to vary the rates of tax. I am not even saying that those people should not pay tax, but they pay zero per cent. Now, zero per cent is tax, only that the net effect is zero. If you are not a finance person---"
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