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    "id": 808305,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/808305/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Prof.) Jacquiline Oduol",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13514,
        "legal_name": "Jacquiline Adhiambo Oduol",
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    "content": "As I conclude, I want to say that there is too much borrowing. I know that we would like to collect revenue and engage, as much as it is possible, through taxation avenues that would enable us to get the money. We should bear in mind the impact of poverty and the manner we look at our country today. An estimated 47 per cent of our population lives below the poverty line. It is extremely affected. When we look at taxation, the policy does not bear that in mind. We should look at this idea of trying to come up with reclassification of supplies from zero-rated to exempt tax status. We should put a lot of weight on basic commodities and transfer the bulk to the people. Women and children who are living in informal settlements and rural areas are the ones who will bear the burden. We know currently that they suffer from lack of progress. They are in dilapidated schools and are at a risk of a bleak future. I look forward to the amendments which will be brought to this Bill. I do not want us to get to a situation where we move from zero-rated to exempt status and we do not have ways to handle this matter."
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