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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Iringo",
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it has taken me the whole morning to get this opportunity and I thank you for that. First and foremost, let me express sympathy to some of my constituents; a young man called Musete was killed last night by gangsters. He has been an artist who has been entertaining us in social forums. On Sunday, we had a nice day with him when the Deputy President was at Maua Stadium. He really entertained us and we were overjoyed. It is so sad that early this morning I was told that he was shot dead by gangsters and his body is lying at Maua Hospital. I send my condolences to the family and the constituency of Igembe Central. Having said that, I support this Bill because it is for the mwananchi . I also have some reservations because when hon. Ng’ongo was bringing these amendments, he did not propose any remedies for what was already factored in the Act. But I strongly believe that whatever he came up with is quite welcome as far as the common mwananchi is concerned. If we do not zero-rate or remove VAT from most of our products, our country will suffer because of counterfeit goods and other imports, however inferior they are, will find market in our country. When they come here, they start competing with our local goods and in the process we find that whatever we manufacture here cannot be sold yet they are the goods people would like to use. Let me talk about sugar. It beats reason how sugar from across the seas sells for less than the sugar from Mumias or any other factory within our country. We have to relook at how we tax our goods, so that we can compete. This is the time when we want to go for integration with the European Union, the East African Community and the other The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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