Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: The Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning is referring to something that does not exist in the Principal Act. We have already removed that through the amendment which we have just passed. view
• 26 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: My attention has been drawn by Hon. (Dr.) Nyikal The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 26 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: that, indeed, the amendments in Clause 4I, which had been proposed by the Chair as much as it is withdrawn, I just want him to confirm that the reasoning is correct. You find that it was enriching the Bill. The amendment that was coming in was removing what is in the Bill at Section 14 and adding from Q. There is an R, S, T, U, V, extra duties for the unit. However, if you are withdrawing all that, you are saying that we just stay with the Bill as it was without those extra functions. I just wanted to ... view
• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to thank Hon. Kajwang’ for raising this matter because it will open awareness to the wider membership. view
• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Let me state that I agree with the Leader of the Majority Party that, indeed, Cap 415 exists in law. It is not an archaic legislation that is being designed by the National Treasury to circumvent Parliament or divert money into somebody’s pocket. Looking at the Motion, it draws its power from Article 94(5) of the Constitution, which says that nobody has the power to enact legislation expect Parliament or somebody who has been granted that power by an Act of Parliament. Article 210 also talks about imposition of tax. view
• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: This Parliament is guided by traditions, procedures and precedents in addition to the Standing Orders. I am not aware of any Motion that has been brought to this Parliament to remove the Committee of Ways and Means. So, it is within the traditions of Parliament since it was started. We should start with the premise that Parliament has always had this Committee. The fact that there was a lapse between 2013 and 2018 and the Committee of Ways and Means was not put in motion, does not necessarily negate or annul it. It is still in the parliamentary procedures. Previously, ... view
• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: For Hon. Kajwang’ and the others, the issue of the Provisional Collection of Taxes and Duties Order is the reverse of the Supplementary Estimates. It is used where the Government spends money after certain issues arise and then comes back for approval in Parliament. The reverse is the Government saying how it wants to spend money and finance the budget. Between these pronouncements and Parliament confirming the estimates by passage of the Finance Bill, there has to be some legal framework through which Kenyans pay taxes. You cannot pay tax unless it has been approved. This is a tradition in ... view
• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Once the Finance Bill is approved, the Provisional Collection of Taxes and Duties Order collapses. It is basically an instrument used to facilitate the collection of taxes. Whether this Order needs to be discussed in this House or not, Parliament has already donated that power to the CS. However, for a good Order and for purposes of the House moving with the CS, it should be debated as part of the budget speech. At the end of the budget speech, then the House can go into the Committee of Ways of Means and approve all the taxes so that they ... view
• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Basically, that is it and I do not think there should be any mischief to be read into this thing and that it is being introduced for anything. It is for good order and for facilitating this House’s participation in the collection of taxes. I hope I have clarified a number of the things. I needed to say that the Committee of Ways and Means, which the Member asked about, is a committee of the whole House. They are only two and it is within the Commonwealth system that we have a Committee of Supply, which deals with the estimates ... view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I sympathise with the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, and the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. It is important that we first of all contextualise betting. It is for people who are over 18 years. If we have to control betting, this House has an obligation to first of all make sure that people do not bet if they are not registered to be taxed. view