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    "id": 548903,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ichung’wah",
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        "id": 1835,
        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I beg to move:- 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 pasteurised container of at least thirty litres or such other container and quantity as the Cabinet Secretary may approve. The reason for this amendment is basically to try and help the industry and more so our sorghum, millet and cassava farmers. You remember that sometime back a Petition was filed in this House by Hon. M’eruaki on behalf of sorghum farmers in Meru and Tharaka-Nithi counties. We have also had Petitions from farmers who are doing millet farming in parts of Ukambani, Kericho and Bomet counties. This amendment will not only encourage the production of beer but also farmers will grow these food crops as an alternative to all the other staple foods. I, therefore, beg the House to support and if you allow, Hon. M’eruaki wanted to say something on the same amendment."
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