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    "id": 467094,
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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": "Education is a basic need. In line with the Millennium Development Goals, we advocate for university education for all. People in the village cannot afford exercise books. Look at the prices of newspapers. They have gone up. Newspapers provide information. They provide oversight in terms of accountability in respect of rich persons. When it comes to jobs advertisements, they are found in newspapers. However, newspapers are no longer affordable. I used to buy three newspapers daily but I now buy only one newspaper. If an hon. Member can feel the pinch, how about the common man in the village? My humble request to this House is that we should look for a way of bringing amendments to the Value Added Act. I am sure that as I speak, His Excellency the President is hearing me. First of all, I want to thank him for unveiling the Uwezo Fund that he has given to the women and youth of this country. Unfortunately, when it comes to the aspects of VAT, they are going to eat into that money, unless we look for a way of amending the Act and reverse its effects. Some Kenyans have been having three meals in a day while others have been having a single meal in a day. Today, those who were having a single meal in a day can no longer afford it. Those who were having three meals in a day can only afford a single meal. We are going to have a nation of malnourished people. A malnourished nation is not a healthy nation. If I may go by the words of the immediate former President of this country, hon. Mwai Kibaki, we must be a working nation. In order for us to be a working nation, we must be healthy, and not malnourished. If the issue of VAT persists, Kenyans The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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