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    "id": 846756,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/846756/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 283,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Godfrey Osotsi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13172,
        "legal_name": "Godfrey Osotsi",
        "slug": "godfrey-osotsi"
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    "content": "The second aspect is the 0.5 tax for the National Housing Development Fund. This is a strain to employees and employers. It will increase the cost of employment and create layoffs. It should be made optional. Employees should choose whether they want to participate in this programme or not. Putting a mandatory tax of 0.5 on every employee is unacceptable. They have also put Excise Duty on kerosene on the basis that they are trying to manage adulteration of fuel. Why are they punishing poor people? It is not the responsibility of the poor people to manage the quality of fuel they get. It is the responsibility of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), which is sleeping on the job. The ERC, under the Energy Act, has the mandate to carry out surveillance of the quality of fuel in the market. However, they are not doing that. I want to say without any fear of contradiction that one of the most inefficient and ineffective Government body is the ERC. The Chair of the Departmental Committee on Energy is here. The ERC is supposed to regulate the energy sector, but nothing much has been done. They have created more inefficiency in the sector. We cannot punish Kenyans for the inefficiency of a Government institution that is supposed to take care of poor quality fuel in the market."
}