Benjamin Kipkirui Langat

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1671 to 1680 of 2560.

• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, if you look at Clause 25B it states; “(4A) For the avoidance of doubt and despite any other provision of this Act or other written law for the time being in force, the expression “remission of tax” in subsection (4) shall, in the case of an official aid-funded project, be deemed to include express provision in the agreement in respect of that project for the remission of tax on any taxable goods or services supplied for the implementation of the project, where the agreement was concluded before the commencement of this Act.” What that provision seeks ... view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, can I finish? I want to explain 25C. view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: On 25C I am seeing my good friend rising up. It seeks to exempt the aircraft which have been identified according to the codes, which are shown. If you look at the amount of refunds which have been accumulated by Kenya Airways, they are huge; in fact, they are almost “killing” the company. We seek to ensure that we exempt aeroplanes, so that we make our airlines competitive. This is because Kenya has been a hub for maintenance of aircraft in the region. When we introduced the taxation, we became very uncompetitive and risked losing this business to another country. ... view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: What we are doing is that because we exempted solar panels and related items, we are only saying let us exempt the raw materials for the benefit of the local manufacturer; those are the people who have developed confidence in our country, and put in their investments here, and we do not want to “kill” them. There are only two investors who have actually set up solar manufacturing plants in Kenya. Therefore--- view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, they have also supported me on C. They have supported me on everything, except that there was a request on the definition of “Government agencies”. If you look at the phrase in Clause 25A, you will appreciate that it is self-explanatory. It refers to Government Ministries, departments and other agencies. We all know Government Ministries and departments. Government agencies has reference to parastatals and others bodies. Any organisation owned by the Government is a Government agency. “Government” includes county governments because Kenya is one. The Government withholds this tax and takes it to KRA. view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: The other issue raised by hon. Mbadi is on tax in respect of goods in transit. Goods in transit are exempted but in the amendment that we did, we are leaving VAT on transport of those goods, which will be paid by people outside Kenya – people who are not necessarily registered in Kenya. So, it will be very expensive to load VAT to somebody in Uganda, who is not registered for VAT. He cannot claim import VAT in Kenya. The standard practice has been that any export is naturally zero-rated or exempted from VAT. It will just be additional ... view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- 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
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: THAT, clause 28 be amended by deleting the words “abuse its dominant position” appearing in the proposed new subsection (2) and substituting therefor the words “be dominant”. view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is just a cleanup exercise. view