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    "id": 822886,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/822886/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": "next year in September – why can the Committee not look at it and bring amendments during the Committee of the whole House so that we deal with the matter of VAT and zero rate it? This House cannot act in vain. This should not be a normal petition because the gentleman who has sent it is very specific. I remember in the 11th Parliament, this matter was very hot. It has impacted on education. The Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury should be given an opportunity by the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning to justify his decision to charge VAT on textbooks, so that this House can deal with it before we go on recess at the end of the month. We need to put it in the Finance Bill 2018 and zero-rate textbooks so that the people of Kenya benefit."
}