{"id":444608,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/444608/?format=json","text_counter":312,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Nyenze","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1987,"legal_name":"Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)","slug":"francis-mwanzia-nyenze"},"content":"This Budget should have addressed the problem of cost of living for the poor. The cost of living is too high; people are suffering and life is very difficult. We should have stopped taxing fuel; when you tax petroleum products and the Government takes a lot of money from a litre, the cost of living goes up. This is because we manufacture using fuel and people travel. We should exempt petroleum products from tax."}