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    "id": 833294,
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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "I was a little taken aback when I watched Members – not in the Chamber where we ought to debate – but out there. They came singing in the Chamber and took the debate outside the Chamber, purporting that it was 8 per cent increment in VAT which in net terms is about 4 to 5 per cent in VAT. If this were the case, it would mean that prices of goods and services would go up by up to 300 per cent, which was not true. The truth was, if they had allowed that debate to be conducted here and Members to debate and listen to each other in this Chamber, we would have told the public the truth. That is why I said when I was denied an opportunity to say it here during the debate, that I can look at any Kenyan in the eye and tell him that passing the Finance Bill was the right thing in this country. It was going to save this country more damage than it would have had we refused to agree with the President in that Memorandum. I urge Members that the kind of sober debate we have had now is what we should have now and in the future, be it the Budget, Finance Bill or any other Bill. Let us allow each other time to speak and listen to each other. If you do not agree with me, you do not have to. Raise your points and at the end of the day, we will make a decision based on merits and demerits of what is before us. I thank all Members who have contributed to this debate. With those remarks, I beg to reply."
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