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    "id": 80475,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mwathi",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Mungai Mwathi",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Minister is giving the reasons as to why he exempts some of the vehicles. One of the reasons is that some of them get late in payment of duties or registration. The other reason is that the returning citizens are allowed to import vehicles which are over eight years old. However, be that as it may be, I have been perusing this document and seen just out of interest that there is one particular company--- I have letters here which the Minister has signed. The exemption for this particular one is given to Panken Investment Limited on 17th June, 2010 and the car was manufactured in the year 2000. There are others which were manufactured in the years 2000, 1999 and 1998. The same company has another exemption on 8th June, 2010 for a vehicle manufactured in the year 2001. There are other exemptions for the same company for vehicles manufactured in the years 2001, 2001, 1999, 2001 and 2001. There is a third exemption for the same company. Panken Investments Limited was given exemption on 8th June, 2010 for cars of the following years: 2000, 2000, 2001, 2001, 2001 and 2001. That is exactly two years beyond the time which is required. All these letters are signed by the Minister for Industrialization, hon. Henry K. Kosgey, EGH, MP. I want to table them here. It is only that one company which has got 15 cars exempted, all being Toyota station wagons. Is the Minister in order, therefore, to mislead this House that he only gives exemption for those ones which are late in payment of taxes? I wish to table the letters."
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