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    "id": 954766,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/954766/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the importance of this, and I see the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning is here, when we increase some taxes especially on some alcohol, cigarettes and all that, we reduce the disposable income available to households especially for people at the lower level or you migrate them into cheap alcohol. We saw this happen in 2013 until we went around trying to mop up the illicit alcoholic drinks. Let us balance between the need to raise more money and the social cost of raising that revenue. It might end up costing us more to mop up the social cost or to mitigate the social cost of some of these things. These are some of the things we need to balance. I am sure the Committee may have looked through them. I wanted to raise my voice because at times we look at easier solutions like adding tax on alcohol and tobacco, but there are some costs we need to think of."
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