Benjamin Kipkirui Langat

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1931 to 1940 of 2560.

• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: On supply of rural electrification, this is a service that we all know is supplied by the Government and, therefore, there is no need of exempting what the Government has already provided. view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: So, I wish to request the House to support the Committee on all the amendments that have been proposed. Please guide me on how to proceed because--- 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: Then we are including unprocessed sugarcane and also unprocessed produce of plant species - camellia sinensis. This is also a type of tea. The reason why we are doing that is because in the spirit of VAT Act, 2013, anything which is not processed is exempt. If you look at the law, anything that is not mentioned in the exemption list, the implication is that it must be levied VAT. To remove that doubt, we 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
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: said that farmers, especially tea and sugarcane farmers had the fear that they may be told to pay VAT; therefore, we agreed that they should be included in the exemption list. view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: I am saying that we are proposing that we delete the word tax--- view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: --- This is just to correct the terminology in tax terms. view