Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6121 to 6130 of 6175.

• 15 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Secondly, many Kenyans continue to drink illicit and dangerous alcohol, thereby becoming not only unproductive, but also imposing higher costs on our health care facilities. We have all seen the unfortunate incidents caused by this. Therefore, to make beer products affordable to the poor so that they can avoid the dangerous drink, I propose to remove the excise tax on non-malt beer sold in keg. I expect the industry to reduce the price of these beers by at least Kshs5 per 300 millilitres. I also expect them to expand their production and distribution network so that more Kenyans can have ... view
• 15 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Thirdly, Mr. Speaker, Sir, to simplify and enhance compliance with taxation of wine products, I propose to increase the excise tax on wines from 45 per cent to a hybrid rate of Kshs54 per litre or 65 per cent, whichever is higher. This measure will harmonize all wine products including fortified wines. Similarly, to improve compliance with excise tax laws under the spirit industry and to ensure equity in our tax system, I propose to increase the tax on portable spirits from the current rate of Kshs100 per proof litre or 65 per cent to Kshs120 per proof litre or ... view
• 15 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: As His Excellency the President has time and again reminded us, we should try to ensure that indeed, Kenya becomes a working nation. We should focus on creating opportunities and defining avenues for our people and our companies to assist in accelerating the pace of national development. Finally, this great nation belongs to all of us. It has a great future. Let us walk together to achieve the Kenyan dream. Our differences should not obscure our collective vision as a nation, which is to strive to improve the well being of all Kenyans. I, therefore, urge each and every Kenyan ... view
• 13 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. The World Bank and the IMF have not frozen their funding programme to Kenya. view
• 13 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know where the hon. Member got the impression that the IMF and World Bank would be giving budgetary support. They do not! Contrary to what is out there, I would like to explain, for the benefit of hon. Members, that we are in a programme with the IMF that began in November 2003, which is the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). It has a couple of reviews that were scheduled. The first review was completed in 2004. The second review was due in November 2005. However, it was rescheduled to February 2006, and ... view
• 13 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will try to be very down to earth. The PRGF is a programme that we entered with the IMF through which the Government agreed to do certain things to operate within a civil macro-economic framework. What that means in simple terms is that we are going to hold our inflation at less than 5 per cent and ensure that our borrowing is maintained between a certain level. There are also some certain things we needed to do, including some Bills we needed to bring to Parliament, which are basically called "Performance Criteria Items". There are some ... view
• 13 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the poverty reduction strategy is a fairly technical programme. I am trying to simplify this matter for the benefit of the hon. Members. But, if the hon. Member so wishes, I believe the best thing is to set a day for me to take him to where we are implementing these programmes. In that way, he will understand where they are and what we are expected to do. This is a fairly technical thing, but the bottom line is that, on all the things that we 1274 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 13, 2006 committed ourselves to, as a ... view
• 6 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would have preferred to answer the Question today given the Budget preparations that are going on. view
• 6 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: As you wish, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 6 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Thursday would be okay, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view