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    "id": 72941,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/72941/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, as I summarise, the important thing for us to note is that as we make this amendment we may think we are actually helping a local company to grow. What we are actually doing is curtailing the growth of that company because if they move the price range because of inflation, change of raw materials, and anything else, it means immediately their cigarettes move up in price from Kshs2,500 per mille to Kshs2501, they start paying the higher tax although the cigarette has not changed. So, we may think we are actually helping, but we are actually not helping. I would just like to have that on record. One day the company will come saying this House stopped me from raising my prices without having to pay a higher tax for the same cigarette. We need to be aware of that fact. I would like to seriously oppose this amendment and ask the Committee to reconsider it further."
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