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    "id": 419272,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/419272/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Iringo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "regions which are coming up. We should not stick to our tariffs, which are meant to fleece the common mwananchi. How can we tax our goods and expect to compete with the other goods in our region? We will not make ends meet. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support the issue of the mosquito and fishing nets. We have the Fisheries Department which has started so many fish ponds in this country. I believe that as Kenyans who want to live healthy lives, we should be going for fish. I think it is high time we reduced taxes on nets, especially noting that people who fish have low incomes; they are very poor people. Giving them a chance to earn a living will benefit them. I would also like to request hon. Ng’ongo to look at physiotherapy equipment. We have medicine and other appliances which have been zero-rated but physiotherapy equipment, which is very useful for people after accidents or other ailment, is very expensive. I am a victim; I was shot and to get somebody to walk after bullets have been fired into your body is very expensive. I believe that this can also help us. Electricity and fuel have become a problem in this country. Even if we zero-rate or do not tax anything, with escalating fuel prices and electricity charges, and the monopolistic---"
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