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    "id": 664247,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/664247/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murungi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2802,
        "legal_name": "Kathuri Murungi",
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    "content": "I am happy because the National Treasury has seen the light. They said that they will scrap the ad valorem levy and other taxes levied on sugarcane farming. Therefore, I support my colleague because VAT on transportation is unfair. There is also the fuel levy. This is triple taxation. What is happening now is the right thing for our farmers. The VAT should be removed from sugar, tea and coffee that we consume locally to encourage more people to consume these products. If you levy VAT on Mumias sugar, which we buy from the shops, then it is a burden to the consumer. If you levy VAT on the tea that we consume locally, it is another problem. Therefore, it is important to increase the numbers or the level of the products that we consume locally. I have done a lot of research in tea and we only consume 5 per cent of the tea we produce and struggle to market 95 per cent to people who are not ready to accept our product. Therefore, if we remove VAT on the products that we produce locally, we will encourage more Kenyans to consume them."
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