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    "id": 503980,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "Exactly, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I beg to move the amendment:- THAT, Clause 4 of the Bill be amended by renumbering the proposed provision as subsection (1) and inserting a new subsection (2) as follows- (2) Notwithstanding the provision of any other law, the Cabinet Secretary responsible for the National Treasury shall grant remission of excise duty at ninety per centum with respect to beer made from sorghum, millet or cassava grown in Kenya, if that licensed manufacturer- (a) manufactures beer that has at least seventy five per centum content of sorghum, millet, or cassava, excluding sugar; and, (b) packs the beer in a pasteurized container of at least thirty litres or such other container and quantity as the Cabinet Secretary may approve. The reasoning behind this is part of the objectives of this Bill. This is because the Bill largely wants to look at alcoholism as a disease. In the region I come from, we have had a serious problem with alcohol abuse and more so, we have deaths and people losing eyesight. There are other forms of diseases emanating from abuse of alcohol and more so illicit alcohol. I have also had occasion to travel to sections of Kericho and Ukambani where sorghum and millet were crops that were grown by farmers and many of them had been contracted as outgrowers by brewers in this country. They were growers of millet and sorghum basically producing these crops with a market only from the brewers. 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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