Benjamin Kipkirui Langat

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the hon. Member is misleading Kenyans to the extent of saying that this House rejected the Capital Gains Tax. It was ruled by the Speaker that we could not proceed with those amendments due to procedural issues. It is not that the House refused to endorse those taxes. So, he was misleading the House. He was actually making a political statement in the process. view
• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Finance Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.2 of 2013) be now read the Third Time. view
• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to thank hon. Members. After here, the House must own the Bill. I want to answer some of the questions. Hon. Prof. Nyikal wanted to know what effect additional metallic containers will have in the tax. I want to tell him that it will not have any negative impact. We are just enhancing the variety of materials available for packaging of alcohol, so that we can enable the practitioners to package it in a variety of materials. The other thing is that, it is the responsibility of every hon. Member to prepare himself for the ... view
• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: 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
• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Speaker. I beg to move that the Finance Bill, National Assembly Bill No.2 of 2013, be now read a Second Time. view
• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: As I begin the debate on this Bill, I want to echo your comments in saying that, once again, it is very disturbing when we start a very serious agenda and we do not have a quorum. Maybe, there will be a big quorum in a Press conference tomorrow criticising what the House has passed. So, it is very unfortunate. I want to urge the Leader of the Majority Party to ensure that Members are present in the House when a very serious agenda like this one is being discussed. view
• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, having said that, I just want to note from the beginning that if you look at the Finance Bill 2013 compared to the other years, for the sake of our new colleagues, in terms of size it is really a small Bill this time round. I believe it is because most of the issues that had been covered before have already been covered through the VAT Act which we passed recently. view
• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Finance Bill as has been mentioned is a Bill that carries many small amendments to many Acts of Parliament especially those that are related to finance and taxation. We have looked at this present Bill in my committee and it has touched on quite a number of other Acts. One of them is the Customs and Excise Act, Cap 472. It has also touched a bit on the Income Tax Act, the Value Added Tax Act although my committee had a reservation on that which I think we will deal with in the Third Reading just because ... view
• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, in terms of the Excise Act, the Bill seeks to introduce the Railway Development Levy Fund. I will insist that we levy 1.5 per cent on all the imports that come to the country; for the purposes of building a new railway line. I know many hon. Members might see issues in terms of cost, but when you look at what it is going to do, I believe those of us who come from Mombasa, all the way to Kampala, know that we deserve a standard railway line in this country. I think it is time we took ... view
• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: to ensure that in the next three to four years, we are able to get our goods from Mombasa to Kampala in three or six hours, not the 12 days that our lorries take. Hon. Speaker, despite the cost, it is going to be a very good investment and the fund will be administered according to the Public Finance Act, as a fund. Therefore, it will be reinforced for the purpose of the railway development alone; nothing else. Therefore, that really gives a lot hope to this country. view