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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wambugu",
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        "legal_name": "Clement Muchiri Wambugu",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I think I will be very brief because mine is not a very detailed request and report. First, I want to commend hon. Mbadi for bringing the amendment Bill to this House because he is touching on very necessary commodities, insecticides, the Rural Electrification Authority (REA), the mosquito nets, sanitary pads and all that. Raising of revenue is very key to this country. However, as we look into ways of raising revenue, we need to look at the other industries which could be affected. Departments such as infrastructure or aviation industry for a long time have been exempted from the VAT until the 2013 VAT Act. It affected some of the aeroplanes which are the backbone of the aviation industry in this country. In the Act, aeroplanes which were below 2000 were subjected to tax but those above that were exempted. However, there are very many issues that came up. The aviation industry is the backbone of the tourism industry in this country. If you look at the Vision 2030, you will find that one of the issues that we need to strengthen is the tourism sector. With the introduction of the VAT, issues like training and maintenance of aeroplanes in this country were affected. Employment will very soon be affected because maintenance facilities are closing down and relocating to the neighbouring countries. It is worrying if we kill the general aviation industry which is supposed to be in airlines. Issues like air navigation fees which were introduced are making even our national airline not competitive at all. That is why you see fares from Kenya have become very high."
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