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    "id": 421313,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "id": 1889,
        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support these amendments. The cost of living in this country has gone up because of the VAT that we passed here because of the “tyranny of numbers.” When the prices of essential goods go up, the consumers do not know which political divide they belong to. I am calling upon my colleagues to debate this Bill objectively without putting our party interests at heart. Many people have complained that prices of goods have gone up. Many people have complained that school principals are charging very high fees. However, it is not their wish. Some of the things that they use in schools are subject to VAT. For instance, when you talk about electricity, we are only talking up to the limit of 200 kw/h. If you subject electricity to VAT, the production cost goes up. We have put VAT on water. These are the basic inputs that we use in any production cycle. So, if the price of the inputs is high, obviously, the output is going to be high. I am calling upon my colleagues to support this. If we are going to put VAT on the inputs of the production of these basic commodities, it goes without saying that the price will be high. When we passed this law, mamas were rioting in Gatundu, where the President comes from. Some of them who keep kukus were rioting because the inputs that they give to those kukus, in the long-run, totals the total cost. So, when the production cost is high, when you add your profit margin, the price will be high. But when we use the law of demand and supply, in the long-run--- I need your attention hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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