Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: One House of Kenya’s Parliament cannot be a squatter in another House. Since I joined politics, squatters are evicted forcefully. You do not have dialogue with squatters. You get a court order, go to a police station and get officers to evict them. The Senate and the Council of Governors want to become squatters in the National Assembly. We must evict them. Time has come. The governors’ function in the Legislature is to appear before the Senate’s County Public Accounts and Investment Committee (CPAIC) and respond to audit queries. Governors have no legislative powers. They cannot use the Chief Justice ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: So, we do not have the money. Since I want to give more time to my colleagues to make their contributions, let me go to the final part of my contribution. This thing has disturbed me. It is the people, through the payment of taxes, who finance the national Budget. The National Treasury proposes to collect Kshs1.8 trillion from the people. If we consider raising an additional Kshs19.2 billion through taxation, that will be the end of this country. We saw yesterday the inflation rate in our country has gone up by 1.5 per cent. That tells us that prices ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Last year, we saw what happened with the proposal to increase taxes on fuel in this House. There was war in this Chamber. Do we add taxes on essential consumer goods, and for that matter, which goods? Even if we borrow the Kshs19.2 billion and give it to the counties, the debt will still be financed by the people of Kenya through taxes. Who is kidding here? This is not a game. We are not proposing an equitable share of allocation to county governments for fun. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: The numbers are real and they mean taxation of each Kenyan. We are aware that additional taxes mean a higher cost of living for everyone. Kenyans can barely make ends meet at the moment. If we agree with the proposal from the Senate and governors, we better say goodbye to the Kenya that we know. view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: As a House, we passed the Division of Revenue Bill. We have taken all reasonable advice from the National Treasury. We have arrived at a figure and we have consulted the CEO of the country. We have all agreed that the best we can give is Kshs316 billion. We are aware that any collection means taxes which this House has to approve through the Finance Bill. As the people’s representatives, we are not ready to approve more taxation on behalf of the people of Kenya. view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: We are not ready to engage in this back and forth game of ping pong that is going on. On Thursday next week, we are going for recess. The Chief Justice said that this is a function of the Legislature and asked for a report to be filed within 14 days. Our Litigation Department and the lawyers representing you, Hon. Speaker, should make our contribution part of the report that will be sent to the court. We control our calendar and the Judiciary controls its calendar. In 14 days, we will come back to this Bill after we have come ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we would like you to look at the following Articles of the Constitution and make a determination. Look at Articles 218, 217, 95(4)(a) and (b), 110, 111, 112 and 113 on approving Bills concerning counties. Look at Article 96(3), on the role of the Senate. Then finally make a determination that in whatever we do, we cannot read the Constitution in isolation; that whether you are budgeting or legislating; every Article of the Constitution that pertains to the two levels of Government must be read together with the Fourth Schedule. In my opinion, you need to give us ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want you to step down this Bill until you make a Communication. I rest my case. view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was doing something in the office and I have realised you are looking for me. This is the first time you have looked for me. view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Statistics (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 37 of 2019) be now read a Second Time. This Bill seeks to amend various provisions of the Statistics Act, 2006. This Act currently mandates the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) to be the principal agency for the collection, analysis, dissemination of any statistical data and also to be the only body that is the custodian of official Government statistics and to perform any other specified functions related thereto. view