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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. This Bill outlines the measures of how the Government will raise revenue, so that it can achieve its objectives. From the outset, I support the Bill. I also want to thank the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade for the work well done. Unfortunately, for such an important Bill, the Committee Report was only tabled yesterday. My humble request is that the next time we have such important Bills, we need to have Committee reports early enough, so that the Members can have time to go through them and deal with them from an informed perspective. First and foremost, I want to mention the issue of economic growth. It is true that the measures that will be put in place will help in terms of economic growth. Let me speak to the issue of motor vehicles. It is true the people in the motor industry have suffered because of Excise Duty. It was not proportionate. Equity was absent. I am happy that in this Bill, there is that proportionate aspect of the Excise Duty whereby if you import a Probox, the duty you will pay corresponds to the value of the car as opposed to somebody who imports a Range Rover and he pays a minimal amount. The only issue I have, which my other colleagues alluded to, is that 20 per cent Import Duty on motor vehicles is very high when it comes to small vehicles like Probox or boda bodas . These are small vehicles that are being used in the rural areas for transport. We know that about 70 per cent of the unemployed persons in this country are the youth. You find that the youth are 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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