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    "id": 577833,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ganya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. At the outset, I support the Excise Duty Bill 2015. It is a good Bill. As a country, we must fund our budget. This is one strategy of raising revenue to develop this nation. The Bill simplifies administration of taxation in the country and this will enhance compliance with taxation. The Bill also optimises the revenue collection from the Excise Duty itself. It further aims at harmonising various tax laws in the country as well as in the region, Kenya being a member of the East African Community (EAC). Considering the harmful impacts of alcoholic beverages if abused, the Bill also increases tax rates on them. I am really happy with this Bill. I will call it an environmentally friendly Bill. For instance, this Bill increases taxation on all classes of fossil fuels, which is a great thing. This will force people to use public transport instead of everybody driving, which actually damages our environment. The Bill also enhances taxation on plastic bags which are not biodegradable. This is very doable. It is being done in Rwanda. If you go to Kigali it is a very clean city. You will hardly see a plastic bag anywhere in Kigali. This is because the law there is very punitive. Actually, it is banned completely. In reality, we do not factor the harmful aspects of these goods to our environment. The prices that we give to these goods are not realistic. They are not holistic at all. If all the damages they do to the environment are costed, then the consumers will be forced to pay the real price for those goods. This is very good and I really hope that gradually, we can even increase taxation on these plastic bags or even ban them completely and force people to use containers that are biodegradable. 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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