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    "id": 598670,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/598670/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ndiema",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Henry Tiole Ndiema",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, the issues raised by the Senators are valid. Since some of them had not been raised earlier, I may not have the answers. But I will go back and get answers. On the task force, our Committee has made sure that it will certainly report to the Senate. In fact, we have our Clerk as a member of the task force. The draft regulations to deal with Ad valorem are already in the process. Therefore, reduction of ad valorem tax is on the way. Regarding the 12 brokers, I said in my Statement that a request has been made by the Ministry to the Treasury to do away with VAT on tea sold locally. The request for the Statement did not include the names of the auctioneers, but I will provide that information together with other issues that may not have been clarified. Regarding what the Government is doing to ensure value addition, this is a matter for the private sector. Nobody has prevented any entrepreneur or firm from value adding tea for export. That is open and the Government is ready to facilitate. I promised that I would bring an answer as to when the factory in Kirinyaga will be constructed. I am still waiting for an answer, but that was a separate question, independent of this Statement. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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