Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 981 to 990 of 6175.

• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: It is also important for Members to know that the amendments that were made to the Companies Act, 2015, actually removed the necessity of seals. It is already here but in a provision. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Chair, I would like to make it clear so that we do not have confusion. For the record, I ask that Hon. Ichung’wah moves his amendment in paragraph (a). When we get to (b)… view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, my amendment is that (ac) has been taken care of. So, it has been overtaken by events. THAT, Clause 10 of the Bill be amended- (a) in paragraph (b), by deleting the proposed new paragraph (c) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph – “(ca) in the case of an employer, such amount as will be required to top up the employee’s contribution at such rate as maybe determined under sub-section (3); Provided that the amount contributed by an employer under this paragraph shall not exceed the highest rate of special contribution prescribed for any of the categories ... view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: “(b) for persons whose income is derived from self-employment – view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: (i) in the case of a contributor who is a sole beneficiary; and view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: (ii) in the case of a contributor who is not a sole beneficiary, a special contribution at such rates as may be determined under subsection (3)’’; (ii) inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (b) – “(c) in the case of an unemployed person, such rate as may be determined under subsection (3)”. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Chair, we have already decided that the national Government and county governments will do a matching contribution. However, private employers will not do a matching contribution, but they will top up the minimum contribution to bring it at par with what self- employed people are doing. So, the base rate will be for self-employed persons. Currently, the base The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: for self-employed is Kshs500, but there are some employees whose contribution is Kshs150 or Kshs200. The employer will be obligated to top up that contribution, so that all people at the base are equalised. That is the essence of this amendment. The amount will be determined in the regulations. So, we cannot put a figure here. That is on (a). view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Part (b) seeks to break the categories of contributions, so that we have employed persons, self-employed persons and the self-employed persons’ category will have two sub-categories. One is a sole contributor. People who do not have families should have a different rate, and one who contributes on behalf of a family would have a different rate. People who are unemployed but not necessarily indigent, will have their own category. Because it is a compulsory Fund, we want to accommodate all the different categories of people, namely, employed, self-employed with family or without family, and the unemployed, whether youth or older ... view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: There seems to be interest in this one. Let us start with the Member for Nyakach. I will then look out for a Member who probably has not said much this afternoon. view