Benjamin Kipkirui Langat

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Finance Bill, 2016 (National Assembly Bill No.20 of 2016) be now read a Third Time. I request Hon. Gaichuhie, my Vice-Chair, to second. view
• 30 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: On behalf of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade, I thank the members of this House for the manner in which we prosecuted the Finance Bill this afternoon. Today’s proceedings were more of consensus. There was only one instance where we had to put an amendment to vote. This was a very smooth process and I urge the House that we continue in that spirit of consensus so that we move very fast in the processing of our Bills. I also thank the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives for the new Bill that has been passed. ... view
• 30 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, having listened to the constitutional matters that have been advanced by Hon. Aluoch, Hon. Ababu and the other Members who have contributed, I think it is better that we sleep over this issue. Let us go and check whether there will be need for amendments to remove the offensive clauses. I move under Standing Order No.96 that debate on this Motion be now adjourned so that we can sleep over it. view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Gikaria. view
• 24 Aug 2016 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
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Finance Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 20 of 2016) be now read a Second Time. I wish to start by thanking Members for their support to the budgetary process as well as various policies that have been proposed by the Government for the achievement of the resilient economic growth and development of our economy. As a result of the various policies which Members have supported, our economy grew by 5.6 per cent in 2015, up from 5.3 per cent in 2014, and is expected to grow at 6 per cent this ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: amendments to a variety of laws relating to various taxes and duties as well as other financial sector statutes. Section 41 of the PFM Act, 2012 obligates the National Assembly to process and pass the Finance Bill within 90 days of the passage of the Appropriation Bill. The Finance Bill, 2016 was published on 8th June and read the first time on 16th June, 2016, and thereafter committed to the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade for consideration in line with Articles 114 and 118 of the Constitution and Standing Order 127. This Bill contains a total of 59 ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: farmers and increase the amount of disposable income of the farmers. This is a boost to livestock farming. Those who keep animals for meat and milk are expected to benefit. The Government is committed to providing incentives and favourable environment to encourage Kenyans who have invested abroad to invest back in the country. In this regard, the Bill seeks to declare tax amnesty for Kenyans who own such investments and would like to invest back. This is a very important provision in this Bill. If there are Kenyans who have invested billions of shillings out of this country and they ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: I now encourage all those who have investments out there to come and invest in our country. As you may be aware, the demand for local housing in Kenya is very high. It is estimated that annually, over 200,000 units of local housing are demanded by Kenyans, but only 50,000 can be made available by investors. In order to reduce this gap and ensure increased supply of decent low cost housing, the Bill proposes to introduce an incentive to encourage investors into the sector by reducing the Corporate Tax rate from 30 per cent to 20 per cent for developers ... view