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    "id": 736516,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Finance Bill. This Bill is long overdue and it is high time this House fast- tracked its implementation so that at least the measures which are already spelt here can be put into place, especially at this hour and time when our country is reeling from the problem of increased prices and drought which has been there for quite a while. We are glad God heard our prayers and we received some rain which is still there. The measures proposed in this Bill, in my opinion, are excellent and timely. There are some areas where we have been collecting taxes and in the process we have been doing it at the expense of the common mwananchi and giving benefit to other areas which are just luxuries and not very important like betting. As we talk, every Kenyan today is talking about high prices of food which are escalating by the day. Unfortunately, even the people who are supposed to be sympathetic to wananchi especially the businesspeople are taking advantage of the hue and cry and increasing the prices by the day. This has been brought about by the persistent drought in our 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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