Benjamin Kipkirui Langat

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• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: THAT, Clause 3 be delete. I wish to propose the amendment as appearing in the Order Paper, which has the effect of deleting Clause 3. Let me also make a general statement about the amendments which we are presenting to the House. When the Committee sat, we had read the lips of the sponsor of the Bill, when he was moving it. His intention was to bring amendments that would really see the basic items that affect the common mwananchi exempted and prices lowered. When you look at these other amendments, they touch on the administrative issues of the law. ... view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the other thing we are trying to do is that the sponsor of the Bill, as I said earlier on, wanted to touch on basic issues. He wants us to exempt some services consumed by the banks from credit reference bureaus when you borrow. The Committee felt that these are business transactions which people should pay for. The other thing is about sanitary and pest control services provided to households. These are usually provided by the Government, especially for malaria. On issues of postal services, the Committee felt that there are so many alternatives nowadays. We ... view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: ( Question of the amendment proposed ) view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the other thing we are saying is that when the Committee called the stakeholders, travel agents talked to the Committee, and it felt that we need to consider that air ticketing is done through a common system, and somebody using a billing system in Uganda, Tanzania or South Africa is able to access it. So, it is possible for me to book my ticket in Uganda through an agent and it is emailed to me. That means we are actually killing our own travel agency business because those in Uganda or Tanzania are not charged VAT. ... view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Chair I am saying that for (a) and (c)(i), we are just correcting the--- view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Two, we are saying that if you look at the spirit of the VAT Act, what is not mentioned in the--- view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Yes. We are including unprocessed green tea. view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: THAT, Clause 4 be deleted. Again for the same reasons, these are administrative issues in the law. As I said earlier on, the Committee agreed to deal with the issues which the sponsor wanted us to address. These are administrative issues; therefore, the Committee agreed to leave the Commissioner to do his job, using all the powers given to him. view