Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: TVET students for a period of six months to one year will get that tax rebate. I ask the Chair of the Committee to leave it at 10, so that more students can be hired. The law that we passed two years ago states that you should hire at least 10 university students to get a tax rebate. So, let us maintain 10 students. This is great news to students who will graduate from our TVET institutions which this Government has invested in. view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: There is a move towards private electricity companies in this Bill. Clause 12(e) of this Bill proposes to remove the current requirement that electricity has to be supplied to the national grid for generation of the same that will fall under the definition of manufacture. You manufacture electricity, sell it and use the national grid as the infrastructure. According to Clause 12(e), it becomes a prerequisite or condition to qualify for investment deduction on a number of issues that you need for an investor to put in either equipment, machinery or buildings that are used in the manufacture of this ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: The Bill says that these investors will qualify for investment deduction on costs. This is likely to open a window for licensing of private electricity companies. We need to support this amendment. It will reduce the monopolistic tendencies of Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC). If there are investors who can supply power to a certain locality, we have off-grid now, and we must support them, so that KPLC can compete with them. view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: What I cannot imagine, and Hon. Mbadi has talked about it, is the scrapping of the pre-approval of VAT regulation by the National Assembly. This touches on the core of the constitutional principle of separation of powers. The Cabinet Secretary sits in the Executive but he wants to exercise powers in the Legislature. We should not allow that. Even if the President returns it with a veto power, I urge my colleagues to raise the two-thirds number to reject it. The Constitution has donated powers to the three arms of the Government. Nobody should become a squatter. Nobody should steal ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: There is the imposition of 16 per cent on VAT on bread. It was exempted from taxes and then it was zero-rated. However, it will now be charged 16 per cent VAT. Under these Covid-19 conditions, bread is basic food. This proposal to subject ordinary bread to VAT will affect ordinary citizens. view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Finally, there is abolition or amnesty on rentals tax. This amendment implies that any property owner who wants to claim amnesty on rental will rely on Section 37(d) of the Tax Procedures Act. view
• 17 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: I have got the microphone, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I want to say something on Vote 2042 - National Assembly, which has been allocated Kshs23,502,082,199. I am sure the Chairperson, Budget and Appropriations Committee, is listening to me. We have said it over the years since the advent of the bicameral Parliament that you cannot put the two Houses at the same level, that is, a House of 349 Members against a House of 67 Members, both in terms of Committees and everything else. We need to go and do our budget through a pro-rata basis so that we know ... view
• 17 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: It is a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. The Temporary Deputy Chairlady (Hon. (Ms.) Jessica Mbalu): Okay. It is a point of order. view
• 17 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I am sure the Chairperson, Budget and Appropriations Committee, will agree with me, with a lot of respect to the Vice-Chairlady of the Parliamentary Service Commission, that the Budget Office of Parliament has been advising even during the time of Chairperson emeritus, Hon. Ichung’wah, and even the current Chairperson about this imbalance in the budgeting of the bicameral. So, the earlier we face this matter, the better. This matter is there and it is live. You know we live around this place. I do not know what happened, but I was to move an amendment to ... view
• 17 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Chairman. view