{"id":689115,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/689115/?format=json","text_counter":228,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Midiwo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":184,"legal_name":"Washington Jakoyo Midiwo","slug":"jakoyo-midiwo"},"content":"You will look for the Act Mheshimiwa . Just let me make my point. You know when we are in a shouting match we cannot--- These items are not excisable. All excisable items are in the First Schedule of the Excise Act. We also have a list of the non-excisable items, including sanitary pads. That is under Section 69. This is a very clear issue. However, the point I needed to make is this. If the Question is let to stand the way we have put it, it means we will lose everything else, including what is contained under paragraphs 11, 12 and B. The import of that is major. The implication of what we would have done, just because we are not explaining to ourselves, is that we would have given tax breaks to anybody who supplies, say, a chopper part or to anybody who buys all these things. This is a serious issue. This is the Finance Bill and that is why there is a lot of interest. I plead for calm. Let us listen to the Chairman of the Departmental Committee. I have looked at these clauses. Clause 22(a)(10), which the Chair is seeking to delete is superfluous. If you compare it with what is in the list, you will see that there are two different lists. I want to plead with the House to go the way of the Chairman and exempt sanitary pads when we get to Value Added Tax (VAT). It is just logic. I do not think the National Treasury will be that crazy to misguide the House when we are seated here. That is why we are all asking for that consultation which is very important."}