Alice Muthoni Wahome

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. I would like to raise an interjection to the reference that this matter is very serious, and it is not about house girls’. Is the hon. Member in order to insinuate that house girls are not important members of this nation? I request that she withdraws that reference to house girls. view
• 1 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: But, hon. Speaker--- view
• 31 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I want to ask whether the hon. Member is in order to address this House by way of derogatory and demeaning wording against wives? Hon. Speaker, Sir, the largest voices I am getting on the Floor – as you are getting – are from hon. Members of the male gender. They are protesting because I think that language cannot be allowed in this Floor. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I am seeking your direction and demand that the hon. Member withdraws those remarks and apologise to both men and women of this House. He should also apologise ... view
• 30 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the VAT Bill, 2013 because of the reasons that have been given. One of those reasons is that we all know how complex the VAT law has been or the regulations therein. Indeed, the hon. Member for Kasarani, Hon. T.J. has conceded that he hardly understands the current law or even the Bill as proposed. Indeed, he has proposed that the Mover withdraws this Bill and brings another one that he may be able to understand. view
• 30 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: I am informed, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Hon. Member claims to be representing the poor or people who work very hard. All Kenyans are working very hard. The problem with this country is to assume right now that things are cheap. We have had 700 items zero-rated. What is the price of unga today? We have been told on the Floor that it is Kshs120 per 2-kilogramme packet. We have shampoos and sanitary towels which go for Kshs65 and Kshs85 and yet they are zero- rated. Kerosene is almost not affordable and yet we know that it is ... view
• 30 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are told by this Committee that the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has been spending a lot of time doing refunds to people who have not imported or brought goods to this country. They have specialized in coming up with documentation to show that they have brought products and goods into this country and then rip of the same poor Kenyans that we say we represent. view
• 30 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: We have been told that Kshs1.5 billion is currently being refunded by KRA to people who are fraudsters. This Bill, which Members are opposed to, will cure that. The Kshs1.5 billion is money that is likely to create the impact that the hon. Member for Ruaraka and hon. Mbadi are likely to expect or want. view
• 30 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: The Government has been vilified quite often even when it wants to do good. The Government wants to collect more revenue to deal with capital development, equipping our hospitals, coming up with infrastructure, implementing the laptop project and feeding Kenyans by irrigating over one million acres of land. We cannot do that if we do not allow the Government to collect more revenue. view
• 30 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: The other impact of this Bill is to reduce the 12 months period of refund claims to three months. Another expected impact of this Bill is reduction of the 12 months period, within which one should make a refund claim, to three months. That is a good proposal because it will help in curbing the filing of fraudulent tax refund claims. The current law gives people who are notorious for “cooking” documentation, sufficient time to come up with all manner of documents. It is also expected that we shall have a long-term solution to the tax claim refund problem. Too ... view
• 30 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not have signal on my microphone. view