Benjamin Kipkirui Langat

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: If you look at Clause 2, you will find that it talks about definitions. One of the definitions in Clause 2 says that “tax law” means the Income Tax Act, the Customs and Excise Act, and the Value Added Tax Act. That amendment seeks to include East African Community Management Act of 2004 and any other tax legislation administered by the Commission. This is just to ensure that this definition is comprehensive and captures the tax law which this Tribunal will have power over. view
• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move that the Committee doth report to the House its consideration of The Tax Appeals Tribunal Bill (National Assembly Bill No.7 of 2013) and its approval thereof with amendments. view
• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said report and seek leave to sit again. 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 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I seek you indulgence that we defer the debate on this Bill until the next available time so that I come while I am prepared in my mind to prosecute it. This is because I was seeing it to be a bit far. Therefore, I beg that we defer it to the next available opportunity. view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I want to say something on what hon. Shebesh has talked about. First of all, you said you were going to make a ruling and it is your 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
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: discretion. That is why we are speaking to it, so that we can convince you to make a good ruling. On the issue of whether the Members should speak about matters before the Committees, if you are talking as Members of that Committee, then I would agree to it. So that if you are a Member of the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and you are in possession of some information which you have not finalised, then you should restrict yourself. But to give a blanket ruling that all the Members of this House should not do their rallies, ... view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I also read the heading of that section and it talks about Select Committees. So, if you follow from the heading, I would want to convince you that your ruling should be restricted to the membership of a specific Select Committee in particular, so that we do not really gag democracy in this House. I also want to request you that when you are making the ruling, it is normally said that this House will not act in vain. You should also look into how that Order will be implemented if you say that no Member of ... view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, he was trying to assist me. Thank you for your understanding. I was just mentioning about Standing Order No.86, whose heading says: “Proceedings of Select Committees not to be referred to”. To me, it would appear that the Standing Order is talking about the membership of a specific Select Committee. view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, as I have said, the heading of that section is: “Proceedings of Select Committees not to be referred to”. It reads that:- “No Member shall refer to the substance of the proceedings of a Select Committee before the Committee has made its report to the House”. view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Of that specific Select Committee. That is what I am trying to encourage you to find that it refers to a Member of a Select Committee. Having said that, as a Chair of a Committee, maybe we need to be very careful, so that we do not issue Statements that appear to give conclusions before the Committee has done a report. I agree with that section. I thank you and urge you to rule that it is only the Members of a particular Select Committee. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version ... view