Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: The Bill proposes a number of Bills which I do not need to repeat. I have read the proposed amendments. I agree with where the CS is coming from. I know that we have a challenge. I mentioned this when we were discussing the Budget Estimates. We have a trilemma. We need to keep more expenditure to crank up the economy and mitigate it against Covid-19 pandemic. We also know that we have limited revenue streams and we are curtailed in terms of our borrowing capacity. So, trying to balance those three is obviously a challenge that we have to ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Be that as it may, I am also happy to see the whole issue of infrastructure bonds being introduced within this Bill. This just comes as we are discussing the public-private partnerships framework. Again, we are moving towards getting more money from the private sector and target it to specific projects, which is good. view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: In respect of the Excise Duty, if I come to the specific things, I totally agree with the Committee that, yes, the Cabinet Secretary is proposing that review the Excise Duty Act of 2015, to tax confectionery and all that. But the Committee has done far much better and is saying that we will raise revenue and not kill the local manufactures. So, they are exempting local manufactures and taxing it on the imported confectionery at an enhanced rate. We protect revenue while at the same time ask those who want to consume foreign confectionery to contribute to the growth ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: whistleblower - the accountant who revealed the story - has been punished and haunted. I wish to ask the Maasai Mara University Council to seriously consider whether they know what they are doing. It is very unfortunate that whistleblower who has saved the institution from continuous plunder by the management is made to suffer on account of some administrative issues. This sends a wrong signal that the University Council is not committed to the war on graft. It is unfortunate and we need to follow up. I want to specifically turn to some of the issues raised in the Committee ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Another issue I would like to look at is the proposal to delete the 15 per cent specific tax on motor cycles. I agree with it 100 per cent. I am on record, and I believe in 2006 or 2007, on having come to the House and pleading with it to exempt motor cycles up to 1250cc from paying duty, we saw everyone abandoning bicycles and moving to motorised vehicles. It is a sector that has grown. It has its challenges which are more of road safety rather than investment and that can be controlled. So, I am in total ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: The other thing I looked at is the proposed amendment, in the same paragraph, where the Cabinet Secretary is attempting to tax new substitute products for cigarettes that are meant to sort out the hygiene or health issues because they will not be burning the tobacco to produce nicotine. It is already sifted and is ingested either through the mouth or some other mechanism without harming any other person near you and harming your own lungs. One of the typical examples is Lyft and there are different variations of it. That is a new product being introduced into the country. ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: The Committee has also done well in terms of broadening the tax base and capturing all the betting and lottery transactions. However, they went a bit too low in terms of the tax rates. The Committee has proposed 7.5 per cent from 10 per cent. I would have preferred 15 per cent. Perhaps, you might want to look at figures between 10 to 15 per cent rather than going too low to 7.5 per cent because it is a windfall. If you put Ksh100 and get Ksh100,000, you can even share 50 per cent with the public. However, we do ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Congratulations again to the Committee for reversing this issue of the tax records which the Cabinet Secretary wanted to move back to seven years. The seven years is historical. It is when we were analogue. The CS came to this House and justified why they need to move from seven years to five years. So far, I have not heard any justification of why we now need to go back to seven years. Hence, until we get that justification, I would rather we just stick with five years. view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: I could go on and on, but I am happy that now we have a Bill. The Committee has done well, and they conducted a lot of public participation. I can only congratulate them and urge that we move on together to build this great Republic through some tax measures. On that basis, I believe that we are not going to lose any of the revenue after balancing what has gone up and what has gone down. view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, I beg to support. view