Hon Ali Menza Mbogo

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• 3 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Kshs12,000 a year. You can imagine the kind of revenue that is being realised out of that land but at the end of the day, we do not know how these funds are channelled and where they go. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks I wish to fully support this Bill. I wish my colleagues understand that we are not fighting any religion in this matter but trying to bring sanity in the laws we have by aligning them with the Constitution 2010. With those few remarks, I fully support it. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to the Consideration of the Budget Estimates for the 2021/2022 Financial Year. First and foremost, I wish to appreciate the good and timely work that was done by the Departmental Committee on Budget and Appropriations. However, yesterday, the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) presented a Report here, the Report on the Financial Performance of the Government for the 2017/2018 Financial Year. There were a couple of issues that stood out. One of them was about pending bills. Pending bills have been skyrocketing. This has affected the Small Medium ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: consideration. These are public funds, which if utilised well, we can see fruits, benefits, and have value for the money. Hon. Speaker, when we went through the Budget Estimates for the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning, we noted that a big chunk of money was allocated to land titling. There was none that was kept aside for the settlement of the poor or landless. The Cabinet Secretary allocated Kshs49 million only to purchase land for the poor and over Kshs1.4 billion for titling. If you have not purchased land, what will you title? Through our able Chair, we negotiated ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: I really appreciate this House because that Report assisted us in allocating Kshs250 million from titling to the settlement of the poor. As we speak, the same was passed by the Budget and Appropriations Committee. It appears in their Report. We hope that this matter will be brought to a logical conclusion, so that the elders can visit members of Taita Taveta Teachers SACCO who are very old people. Most of them died because of age without benefiting from their investment. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Apart from that, we created a new State Department of Physical Planning in the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning. However, we were also shocked; being a new State Department with a Principal Secretary (PS), it was allocated Kshs60 million only to run its affairs. We know that the State Department of Physical Planning is very critical in this country. They are not only involved in land matters, but also in everything. For proper planning of this country, the State Department of Physical Planning will play a very critical role. Through our able Chair, we reduced some monies from titling ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: I also wish to commend the good work that was done by the Departmental Committee on Education and Research. They have allocated funds to recruit 5000 new teachers. The recommendation is that their recruitment will be done at the constituency level. Seventy per cent of those teachers should come from that constituency. We expect this recommendation to be implemented fully, so that our people from the constituency who have graduated and have Teachers Service Commission (TSC) numbers can be employed by the Ministry of Education, so that they can play a critical role. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: The other issue is about the Value Added Tax (VAT) on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) which is a very critical matter. I know that LPG was initially zero-rated to allow much and fast penetration of LPG because of global warming and to protect our forests. However, during the Budget Estimates in the last financial year, VAT was reintroduced. Nevertheless, our people still use charcoal and firewood for their day-to-day energy consumption. There is need for this matter to be reconsidered. We need to zero-rate LPG, so that we can allow its penetration to be fast, so that we can continue ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Finally, there is the issue of Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). There is need for KRA to be funded. We know that they play a critical role in the collection of revenue in this country. However, it can do much more than that. They can bail companies that are suffering because of COVID-19 Pandemic. We know that this is happening in the United States of America (USA). The revenue collector bails out companies, so that they can collect more revenue from these companies and safeguard employment of our people. If KRA is fully funded, we believe that they can play this ... view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am Hon. Mbogo Ali Menza, the Member of Parliament (MP) of Kisauni. On behalf of the great people of Kisauni Constituency, I vote yes. view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. First and foremost, I wish to congratulate the former Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Duale, for bringing this Petition. As you are very much aware, Mombasa is dominated by a big business community that is from the Somali community. However, majority of the youth from that community, up to today, are still suffering in acquiring ID cards that can enable them get the necessary services in this country. So, this Petition should be opened up and not be limited to only North Eastern so that whatever recommendations that may be ... view