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    "id": 662423,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/662423/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wamunyinyi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 291,
        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill be now read a Second Time. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to initiate debate on the Bill before the House. The aim of this Bill is to exempt sugar-cane farmers from paying Value Added Tax (VAT) on the transportation of raw sugar-cane from the outgrower farmers to the processing or milling factories. In the sugar industry, cane harvesting and transport take the bulk of the cost of production of sugar. Those of us from sugar growing areas like my brother Hon. Washiali will tell you that, at the end of the day, the ordinary farmer ends up not getting value because of the cost of production. Harvesting is key because you cannot take cane to the factory without harvesting. You cannot get processed sugar without taking the cane to the factory. Harvesting and 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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