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    "id": 655856,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gaichuhie",
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        "legal_name": "Nelson Ributhi Gaichuhie",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second the Miscellaneous Fees and Levies Bill (National Assembly Bill No.30 of 2015) that has just been moved by the Leader of the Majority Party. I will be very brief because it is a small Bill. After we passed the Excise Bill - which is now an Act - it repealed the Customs and Excise Act which created a vacuum. The purpose of this Bill is to make sure that there is a legal basis on which we impose the railway development fee and the export levies. One would wonder why we want to impose levies on exports and yet we are supposed to encourage people to export so that we can have a good balance of trade. We are only encouraging export levies on some few items like hides and skins. We need to add value to our hides and skins before we export them so that we can create jobs for our youth. There are special economic zones where we will do this. We also want to discourage export of scrap metal. When it is processed here before it is exported, we can know whether it from the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) or Kenya Power (KP). That will add value and create jobs for our youth. The Railway Development Levy has been exempted on goods that are brought in by the UN and diplomatic missions according to the Vienna Convention. We will have no problems with the East African countries, the UN and diplomatic missions. When we exempt them, there are certain goods which will be exempted which are only locally produced within East Africa. The exemption will only be for goods that are produced within East African countries. This Bill will establish the legal basis for charging these fees. Otherwise, without this Bill, we will be charging fees illegally. The purpose of this Bill is to legalise the collection of those levies and the railway development fee. With those few remarks, I beg to second."
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