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    "id": 664256,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/664256/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Washiali",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this amendment Bill brought by my good friend, Hon. Athanas Wafula Wamunyinyi. I would also like to thank the Members who have spoken before me in supporting the Bill, especially Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo and Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi for the recognition they extended to me in terms of the support I have received from sugarcane farmers. The people who have twice elected me to this House, that is, in 2007 and 2013 are majorly sugarcane farmers. In my constituency, you would be irrelevant if you talked of something else because that is where serious sugarcane farming can be undertaken. Any credible government always protects its citizens. The government can protect its citizens in various ways. It avails hospitals for treatment so that citizens are not attacked by diseases. It can even go to an extent of subsidising products for the sake of protecting farmers. This amendment Bill urges the Government to remove VAT on sugarcane transporters so that the cost of transporting sugarcane is reduced. That way, farmers can take more money home than it is currently the case."
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