Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Oct 2020 in Senate: Moving forward, the Committee has resolved to conduct inspection visits to assess the status of connectivity especially in traditionally marginalized counties like Isiolo, Turkana, Kwale and Kitui among others. The Committee will continue to closely monitor the use and implementation of projects though the Universal Service Fund (USF), especially the voice infrastructure and connectivity projects. view
• 8 Oct 2020 in Senate: The Committee also deliberated on issues of national concern. Firstly, the Committee has been concerned by the financial status of the national broadcaster, the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC). The Committee constituted a subcommittee to delve keenly into the matter. In March, the Committee met with the management of the KBC who informed the Committee of various challenges facing the Corporation, including debts arrears owed in statutory deductions and technical capacity challenges. The Committee remains committed to assisting the KBC chart its way back to health. To this end, the Committee is exploiting legislative avenues and amendments to the Kenya Broadcasting ... view
• 8 Oct 2020 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 8 Oct 2020 in Senate: Secondly, continuity of education through the use of technology has taken centre stage. That is one of the issues that we canvassed. I do not want to go into the details of that. view
• 8 Oct 2020 in Senate: The Committee jointly with counterparts of the Standing Committee on Education and the Ad Hoc Committee on COVID-19 met with the Cabinet Secretary on 18th June, 2020. Most recently, the Committee met with the Cabinet Secretary for ICT on 16th September, 2020, to deliberate on ICT policies that support education and a transition to a fully digital education platform. view
• 8 Oct 2020 in Senate: Thirdly, taxation of digital space continues to be a big hindrance to the growth of the space. The Committee on 3rd June, 2020, met with the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury to deliberate on the Digital Services Tax (DST) that came into effect with the passing of the Finance Act, 2020. The DST is 1.5 per cent tax on gross value of transactions to be levied at the point of transfer of payment for the services to service providers. view
• 8 Oct 2020 in Senate: The Committee was informed that the rationale of DST was to create a legislative framework for the collection of taxes from business activities in digital marketplaces due to increasing internet penetration. The Committee was informed that the tax would be levied on income earned by digital platform owners who are non-resident companies. view
• 8 Oct 2020 in Senate: The Committee also met with the Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) who presented their findings from their Mobile Sector Taxation Study, 2020. The Committee is continuing discourse in the space and will report to this House its findings in due course. view
• 8 Oct 2020 in Senate: Fourthly, concerning the closing of connectivity--- view
• 8 Oct 2020 in Senate: Nitafupisha. view