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    "id": 429582,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murungi",
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        "legal_name": "Kathuri Murungi",
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    "content": "No, it is a clarification on this. According to Clause 5 of this amendment by the Chairman, the Cabinet Secretary was consulted. I am justifying my amendment. There is no VAT on unprocessed green tea which the farmers sell to the factories. Number 40 is unprocessed green tea. I think there is a typo error because there is no VAT. My amendment was to remove VAT on processed tea which is consumed locally so that we can increase our market here. Hon. Deputy Speaker, 95 per cent of our tea is exported and only 5 per cent is consumed locally. Farmers all over the country did not get the mini-bonus because the international market is shrinking. Our farmers stand to benefit big time if we increase local consumption. That is why the Chairman should clarify whether it is a typo error because we have no VAT on unprocessed green tea. He even comes from a tea-growing zone and he must be aware of this. I request that my amendment should stand."
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