Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: I want you to rule on Article 109 of the Constitution. If you allow me, I will read some sections of that Article:- “Any Bill may originate in the National Assembly.” That is Article 109 (2). Article 109 (3) says:- “A Bill not concerning county government is considered only in the National Assembly, and passed in accordance with Article 122 and the Standing Orders of the National Assembly.” If you go further - and that is where we have a problem and you need to rule on it – ultimately, we might end up seeking the advisory opinion of the ... view
• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: might take the National Assembly or some of us to seek the opinion of the Supreme Court, which is the only body that has that mandate. Article 109 (4) says this, and I want my colleagues to hear:- “A Bill concerning county government may originate in the National Assembly or the Senate, and is passed in accordance with Articles 110 to 113, Articles 122 and 123 and the Standing Orders of the Houses.” This is where I have a problem. view
• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Article 109 (5) says:- “A Bill may be introduced by any member or committee of the relevant House of Parliament, but a money Bill may be introduced only in the National Assembly in accordance with Article 114.” This is where we have a problem. The question that we need to raise is: Can those Bills that come from the Senate which are of money nature be termed as unconstitutional? The Speaker is under obligation to read any message from the Senate but, when that message is referred to a committee--- When the Senate introduces a Bill which is of money ... view
• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to take this opportunity to support this very important Bill, which will help us implement some of the issues that were raised during the budgeting process. view
• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: From the outset, I want to say that there are quite a number of progressive clauses in this particular Bill. The first one is that on Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) for appointing agents to collect Value Added Tax (VAT). It is something that we have not seen in Kenya before. It will be unique and good. It will widen the ability for KRA to widen its tax net and bring in taxes at source as opposed to waiting for the people to remit taxes. That is very important. But I want to say as a word of caution, we have ... view
• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: In developed economies we have seen cases of unscrupulous individuals who are not credible, forming organizations to collect taxes on behalf of Governments. What happens is that these individuals sometimes disappear in thin air and the country ends up losing tax money. Even as these opportunities come into play, the importance of the credibility of the institutions which are going to be given that permission needs to be of paramount importance. view
• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: The issue of laptops and parts for the laptops is good. The whole information Communication technology (ICT) sector is still a very small, sector and is one of the areas that is helping Kenyans gain, and realize good innovations. For that reason still, it is not only limited to the free laptops to be provided to the children in primary schools--- There are all the other important issues in ICT such as basic equipment like laptops and servers, which businesses need very much; it should also be considered. The Committee needs to look at that as well and identify other ... view
• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: The issue of exempting taxation on land valued at less than Kshs3 million is good for Kenyans. Most of the average Kenyans and middle income earners, buy land at about Kshs1 million. These are the Kenyans who are now coming up and want to own properties in towns and other places. They ordinarily pay for these plots outside of the city center. The values they pay range from Kshs1.5million to Kshs2million. Now that we have put it at Kshs3 million means they will be exempted from taxes and that will be very good. It will also go a long way ... view
• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: them would otherwise feel constraint by the taxes. They will then build properties which will reduce the deficit in housing. view
• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: With regard to banking, I think I like this proposal as opposed to the proposal which initially was meant to bring on board a one-off increase to Kshs 5billion. This is progressive. At the end of 2016 it will go to Kshs2 billion; end of 2017 it will go to Kshs3.5 billion and then at the end of 2018 to Kshs 5billion. We need to make sure that we bring in the discipline of serious institutions of banking doing business in this country. view