{"id":842070,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/842070/?format=json","text_counter":452,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kikuyu, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah","speaker":{"id":1835,"legal_name":"Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah","slug":"anthony-kimani-ichungwah"},"content":"It is also important to mention that whatever decisions the House makes in the afternoon, should we not be able to raise even the 8 per cent VAT on the Finance Bill, we will be forced to do further budget cuts. That is why it is very important that we understand that. I urge Members to support this Motion for us to appropriate this money in a way that our Budget is balanced, and show the world that we are a country that has a good fiscal discipline."}