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    "id": 601907,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/601907/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Okoth",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 12482,
        "legal_name": "Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth",
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    "content": "When poor recycling procedures are used, there is an impact on the environment and people’s lives. As we talk about taxes and tax collection procedures, we must also look at tax policies that are pro-poor, like not levying tax on items such as books and school related information technology (IT). In its manifesto the Jubilee Government talked about laptops in schools. All our schools need proper IT equipment and laboratories besides the laptop device. That is a fact and we should also make sure that books are cheap. We are one in only four countries in the whole of the African continent that levies 16 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on books. Charging VAT on books sends wrong a message about our commitment, and the right, to education; that contributes to the poor reading culture in Kenya. Someone once joked that if you have a big secret to hide in Kenya, put it in a book. That is something to consider."
}