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    "id": 582503,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 184,
        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, mine is just to support a thousand times especially this one not to tax boda bodas . It is a big thing. We want the National Treasury to help the Executive. We cannot tax everything and for the boda bodas, the Executive would have by now gone to China, who is our friend, and brought 10 million of them and assemble them locally for our people. This thing cannot be Kshs100,000. These things are free. The transport system in the Scandinavian countries provides free bicycles. Why are we obsessed with money that is hurting our people? Even if we were to tax boda bodas, how much would we get? That is like shooting your own arm. The amendment allowing the lessening of excise duty on small vehicles is a welcome move. Because of the porous borders and corruption, if somebody in my village wants a car, he or she can go to Uganda where there is no excise duty because the system has no way of policing. Let us not create such a society of classes because some people cannot afford and we The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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