6 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Madam Speaker. The last time I looked up towards your direction, Hon. Moses Cheboi was on the Chair. I am now well guided.
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6 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
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4 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the Budget Estimates for the National Government, the Judiciary and Parliament for the Financial Year 2019/2020 and annexures (i) and (ii). I thank you Hon. Speaker.
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4 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the Budget Estimates for the National Executive, the Judiciary and Parliament for the Financial Year 2019/2020, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 4th June 2019, and pursuant to the provisions of Article 221 of the Constitution of Kenya, Section 39 of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012 and Standing Order Nos.235 and 239, approves the issuance of a sum of Kshs1,920,941,043,369 from the Consolidated Fund to meet the expenditure during the year ending ...
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4 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker.
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9 May 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I appreciate being given this chance to just comment on the tabling of the Supplementary Estimates II. The House should express its displeasure with the way the National Treasury is treating the business of the House. We are only less than seven or so weeks to the end of the Financial Year and to be tabling a Supplementary Budget at this time of the year, when by last week, you had already committed the Annual Estimates for the Financial Year 2019/2020, is inappropriate. I am not privy to what is in the Supplementary Estimates II, but ...
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9 May 2019 in National Assembly:
The Calendar of this House is not a secret. Everybody in this country knows when the House goes on recess. The National Treasury must have been aware that the House is going on recess today. Having tabled the Annual Estimates for the 2019/2020, it gives Members time to look at them during the recess. That is all I wanted to mention, to just remind Hon. Members, and especially chairs of the committees, that we will have no choice other than process the two concurrently. Should there be anything that needs expenditure in the course of this financial year, unless in ...
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9 May 2019 in National Assembly:
I take this opportunity to remind committee chairs that we will be proceeding to a conference with all of them. It is important that we all attend the conference, which starts on Sunday and ends on Wednesday, so that we can agree on the formalities on how to process all these things together. But as I said, it is important that the House expresses its displeasure with the way that the National Treasury and the Executive are treating this House. They must take the business of the House seriously.
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9 May 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to speak on four provisional amendments that are in this Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendment) Bill. One is on the Micro Finance Act. The Bill proposes to amend to provide for the conduct of business by sharia compliant microfinance business which is a welcome thing. I support that. But the sponsor of this Bill, who is the Leader of the Majority Party, should consider having some of these things come under the Finance Bill, so that he also engages the public through public participation. This will also give people an opportunity to understand how many ...
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9 May 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, recently when we were in Mombasa for the Leadership Conference, we had a presentation from the Kenya Association of Manufacturers. One of the issues they raised is something I am happy to see being covered under this Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendment) Bill. This is on the issue of VAT that provides for a tax payer to apply any withheld tax to his credit to offset any other tax liability due from his tax payments.
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