Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6011 to 6020 of 6175.

• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I stand here on behalf of the sugar farmers. We just passed an amendment. The Bill had initially proposed that the SDL be charged on the farmers because that is what can be taxed by anyone else, except the Exchequer. Having accepted that it is a tax, and this House, having approved that it be taxed, and collected by the KRA, it becomes money to the Exchequer. All we are trying to say is that we need to harmonise the Sugar Act to recognise what we have just passed which is now a tax on ... view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting a new clause immediately after Clause 62 as follows:- 62C. Section 19 of the Sugar Act, 2001, is amended in subsection (2) by deleting paragraph (a). Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the proposed amendment basically seeks to delete the reference to the Sugar Development Levy within Section 19 of the Sugar Act since the money to be paid into the Sugar Development Fund will not be from the Sugar Development Levy but through an allocation by the Exchequer to the Kenya Sugar Board through ... view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I have 3592 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 9, 2006 been pleading with the Members to see that linkage. Part of the linkage is what we have just deleted, and from their further arguments, they are about to de-link the vital or umbilical cord within the Kenya Sugar Board through which we can channel money from the Treasury. Let us look at this amendment in good faith. We negotiated these clauses with the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade and agreed to remove the levy from being borne by the farmers and make it a consumer ... view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, Section 19 of the Sugar Act describes the various revenues that can be earned by the Kenya Sugar Board. The first one is the Sugar Development Levy. But we have said the Kenya Sugar Board cannot collect the Sugar Development Levy. So, if you keep it there, it means nothing to me. But what it also means is that it can earn Sugar Development Levy but it has no power to collect. So, for purposes of consistency with the Act, we are saying, if you cannot collect the levy, let it not be part of ... view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the First Schedule to the Bill be amended by adding the following new items as follows:- 3. by inserting the following new tariff number, description and rate of Excise Duty in proper numerical sequence- November 9, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3593 view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: 2207.10.00 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of Per proof litre Kshs120 or an alcohol strength by 65% volume of 80% or higher Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, this amendment is to bring into the Act a line item that was forgotten at the drafting and a tariff was not included. Following the provision and collection order, we brought it subsequently through a Gazette Notice. We are basically formalising it to join all the others on the First Schedule. This again is an administrative issue. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, a tariff code had been left out and we are now ensuring that ... view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to oppose the amendment to the tariff by Dr. Oburu. This amendment is seeking to reduce the tax on wines from 65 per cent to 45 per cent. I also drew the attention of the House to the fact that we are on a hybrid system. There is a Kshs54 to the litre, which is fixed or 65 per cent, which is higher. So, we are trying to make the more expensive wines cheaper because 65 per cent only affects the wines that are beyond what is covered at Kshs54. The low cost ... view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I hope the hon. Member is aware of the danger of that amendment to the same industries he is trying to protect. Specific industries will benefit from this. The effect of this is that Kshs54 per litre is basically about 20 per cent. So, in essence, we are saying they should not pay 20 per cent, but 45 per cent. view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, let me first of all state clearly that the proposed increase is not on one category as insinuated by the hon. Member. The increase affects Categories B and D. Basically, what we are saying is that within the East African region Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, it has been agreed that cigarettes should be banded into three bands by their characteristics. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in Kenya we had a situation where our cigarettes were actually categorised into four groups in terms of pricing. Because of the undercutting in the market, we ended up with ... view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the Fourth Schedule to the Bill be amended- (a) In Part I – (i) by renumbering the proposed amendment to Part B as paragraph (a) and inserting the following new paragraph – (b) the following new tariff numbers and their corresponding descriptions in proper numerical sequence– view