Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2001 to 2010 of 3232.

• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: I want it to be known to the House that last week, or last week but one, we passed some amendments to the SRC Act that has now made this Commission a permanent one, unlike in the past when it was part-time. They are now working on a full time basis. Therefore, it is imperative that even as the Committee considers the person to chair the Commission and even the other nominees who will be commissioners, to bear in mind that it must be a person who will be committed and dedicated to work. It is not a person who ... view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 28 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Motion be amended as follows: By inserting the following words after the expression 2018 at the end thereof “subject to the insertion of the words “Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission” immediately after the words “Director of Criminal Investigations” appearing in Recommendation No.3 on Page 31. The import of this amendment is to ensure that EACC, an investigative agency duly constituted by our Constitution and the laws of this country, plays a role in investigating the Ruaraka land matter. It does not just concern the school, but other issues as well. If you read ... view
• 28 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Therefore, it is important for us to ensure that the EACC, which is duly charged to investigate all issues pertaining to corruption, is included in these investigations. I am the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and I received a letter from Harit Sheth Advocates, which I will table. I shared it with the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Lands. It touches on the 96 acres and accuses the Office of the President. I have seen submissions on the media by the Chairman of the National Lands Commission who purports to have the title deed. If you read ... view
• 28 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to say for the record so that they may hear, some of us are not easy to intimidate. We are not easy to intimidate and we will not sit here and allow this House to be intimidated when we are doing our work in overseeing Government and Government officers. We must do so without fear or favour. Therefore, bloggers can continue saying everything they want. They will want to paint anybody bad. We have said it before that corruption fights back. Indeed, I can tell you that I now know that, indeed, corruption fights back, but ... view
• 28 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: country. We must support His Excellency the President in his call that it shall be business unusual. If we continue carrying on our business as usual, we will lose in this fight against corruption. Therefore, I urge Members to support this amendment to include the EACC as part of the investigations and ensure that all our investigative agencies are involved. I wish the Report had also recommended a look into our judicial system. If you clearly scrutinise the transactions around this matter, the judicial process in this country has grossly been misused. Those who sit in the Committee will tell ... view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for this particular reason. One, the requirement for PIN is to ease KRA’s collection of taxes. However, withholding tax means that it is withheld by the person who is paying out the winnings. Therefore, the requirement for a PIN for that particular winning may not be very important other than to provide information to KRA that there is a person who has earned an income and will pay later. view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, protect me from these people who are shouting. view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: The Member for Buuri will have an opportunity to articulate what he wants to say without shouting. view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I was saying that I support the Chair’s position on the basis that it is the company that will pay out the winnings that will withhold this tax and remit it to KRA. The PIN information on the winner will be helpful to KRA to follow up later on Income Tax and other taxes. If you insist that you must have a PIN to tax the winnings, a lot of people will not be taxed on the winnings. The Government will lose revenue because you cannot collect tax from someone who does not have a PIN. It is only fair ... view