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    "content": "a tax regime that is encouraging those who are brewing hygienic and good alcoholic drinks. That is what the last bit of this amendment seeks to do; to encourage the Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance to implement such tax policies and measures that will encourage locally manufactured drinks that comply with the objects of this Acts. The objective of the principal Act as moved by hon. Mututho was to encourage the consumption of hygienic and good alcoholic drinks in a responsible manner. I, therefore, want to encourage Members to come out and support this Bill because it is one that will be showing that we, as Members of Parliament and leaders of our people, care. It will not just be reactive when we lose people to these alcoholic drinks, but we are proactively moving legislation that will help people access drinks that are good and affordable because there are those who must live with a drink. We must provide them with drinks that are affordable and healthy. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to beg Members to support this Bill. I know many of them may want to move amendments to this Bill. However, I was very cautious and careful not to touch on anything to do with licensing because you recognize that the licensing of sale of alcohol and its distribution is now a function of the county governments. A number of Members approached me with regard to this matter, but I deliberately avoided that subject because we do not want to have this Bill go to the Senate. I encourage hon. Members to move as many amendments as they may want, but on issues that will not touch on money matters and county governments. I beg to move that this Bill be read a Second Time and ask my good friend, hon. Kanini Kega to second."
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