Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2961 to 2970 of 6175.

• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: You can bet with your Kshs20 and win Kshs200 million and you do not even have a PIN. Because you are not in a position to provide the PIN, based on this amendment, withholding tax will be withheld. The gaming company will tell KRA that we have withheld Ksh20 million from somebody whom we do not know because he does not have a PIN. The KRA will not track what happens to his or her spending on the Kshs180 million that he or she has won from other Kenyans and how you progress with it. So, it is very important ... view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. In the original Bill, Paragraph 56 refers to a licensed developer under the Special Economic Zone or an operator. The Committee is deleting the developer and the operator and affording relief to a power producer under a power purchase agreement. Why are we moving away from developers to specific individuals; a power producer under a power purchase agreement? These are the people we are calling to come and do power development through thermal in certain areas and a PPA. We are saying that the person who has developed the whole infrastructure will not get ... view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: producers who may be anywhere not necessarily in the Special Economic Zone. I just want the Chair to clarify that to us, so that we can know whether we are talking the same thing or not. view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I have been guided. Perhaps, for the benefit of the House, Paragraphs 56 and 57 are being deleted. So, a gap is being created and there is a new provision which would have been 58 being added. So, the confusion is probably because of drafting. Once we delete Paragraphs 56 and 57 of the Bill, then the new Paragraph 56 talks about compensating tax to a power producer. If we are doing it from that angle, then it is perhaps a sequencing or drafting issue. Let us deal with deletion of the two, then ... view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon Temporary Deputy Chairman. I can speak with authority having been Minister for Lands, for Housing and for Finance. All the three come together on collection of stamp duty. view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: The reason we put the responsibility on the Chief Government Valuer was obviously because of the under-valuations when people are declaring tax and over- valuations when they are selling to the Government. You saw it happen in the Ruaraka land which was valued by a private valuer at Kshs239 million per acre. If it was the Government selling, it would have been valued at Kshs10 million per acre. So, we must hold somebody to account. I also hear what Members are saying that there is going to be lots of housing schemes coming up that may require stamp duty, but ... view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Let us go by the Bill. There will be no stamp duty accruing on a first-time buyer of an affordable house. So, we might be thinking there is a lot of valuation required, but there will be no valuation required anyway because there is no stamp duty. view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Secondly, it is only at the resale point that we will then have the requirements for valuations. However, be that as it may, recognising that there will be a lot of housing, I am willing to concede to a situation where we then have the Chief Government Valuer or registered practising valuers approved by the Chief Government Valuer so that whatever happens, he must take disciplinary action against them if they undervalue. Once we have that amendment, then we will take care of the increase in numbers and at the same point, we have one person who is accountable for ... view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I am doing a quick consultation because perhaps the Committee had the advantage of consulting. The First Schedule is goods exempt supplies from VAT. The assumption is that we are deleting from exempt and they will be retained within the zero-rated items. I just want to confirm whether they are in the zero-rated schedule? I was doing a quick reference because I am not sure they are. view