{"id":809985,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/809985/?format=json","text_counter":379,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Suba South, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. John Ng’ongo","speaker":{"id":110,"legal_name":"John Mbadi Ng'ong'o","slug":"john-mbadi"},"content":"Therefore, when items are tax-exempted, they become more expensive as opposed to zero-rating. Therefore, because these are essential commodities, I think this House should just revert to where they were and tell the National Treasury that we do not agree with their decision to exempt these items."}