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    "id": 954750,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/954750/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2955,
        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
        "slug": "david-ouma-ochieng"
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    "content": "I never imagined that in my life I would see Kenya importing sand. The Chinese bring already built walls to this country. They just put them one over the other. The Chinese are building walls in China using Chinese cement and sand and then bring them here. I never imagined that Kenyans would import sand. These are the areas you should look at when you are talking about our revenue systems. The housing boom and housing agenda that the President talks about will never result into any job in this country, unless we look at it very keenly and ensure that Kenyans are given a chance to decide how they want to fund housing in the country. Look at what we did with the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). We introduced a railway levy sometime back. The railway is not doing very well. People are being forced to use cargo lines. We are now saying that we will reduce the import declaration fee from 2 per cent to 1.5 per cent. Why would you tax imports for production? As the President, if you are saying that you want to industrialise and make the country to be like Singapore, which did not have import declaration fee, why should you levy people who are importing raw materials to produce in the country? Singapore did not tax imports of production. That is how they grew. President Uhuru Kenyatta must know that he will not grow this country by continuing to tax imports of raw materials."
}