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    "id": 779787,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not a tea farmer and we do not grow tea in Nairobi County, but we are serious consumers of tea. That is where our interest lies. Article 209 (5) of the Constitution states that:- “The taxation and other revenue-raising powers of a county shall not be exercised in a way that prejudices national economic policies, economic activities across county boundaries or the national mobility of goods, services, capital or labour.” I propose that you direct that the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries sits together with the Committee on Finance and Budget, and call all the stakeholders in the tea industry, the National Treasury, the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation urgently to address this matter. It is not just the specific matter on tea, but also how counties have been imposing taxes, contrary to Article 209 of the Constitution and other provisions under the Chapter on the Public Finance in the Constitution. It is an urgent matter."
}