Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Indeed, it is the National Assembly as the Leader of the Majority Party has said. Article 95 of the Constitution is very clear. It says that we can debate and resolve any matter that affects our people. Corporate Tax is critical. We salute His Excellency the President for that reduction of 30 per cent to 25 per cent. This will enable the corporations to continue existing. We know they provide employment. This is the linkage that we need to understand. When you talk about tax exemption for those who get Kshs24,000 and below per month, it is a big relief ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: With regard to PAYE, we are going to lose about Kshs81billion. This is a lot of money. That is why there was a concern from Hon. Kaluma. Are we sure we are going to have the trickle- down effect? Those unscrupulous business people, wherever you are, if you want to make profits at this time of the pandemic, tunasema ushindwe! You cannot make abnormal profits at such a time. We are struggling to survive. We are calling upon the big corporations wherever they are... These benefits must go down to the common people. Look at these masks! Hon. Duale just ... view
• 14 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Motion. First and foremost, I want to thank His Excellency, the President for being at the frontline by coming up with these measures to cushion Kenyans from the effects of COVID-19. My colleague mentioned Newton’s Third Law, where action and reaction are equal in the opposite direction. In this case, we need to understand that it will be very difficult to discriminate when it comes to prices. If you look at the normal distribution gap, you will see that majority of Kenyans The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is ... view
• 14 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: are poor. We cannot discriminate in terms of pricing because of Members of Parliament whose population is statistically insignificant. If you give the scenario of a factory, there are raw materials that attract Value Added Tax (VAT) that go into that factory. If you reduce VAT from 16 to 14 per cent, you are reducing the production cost in that factory to enable the employer to stay afloat so as to continue providing employment to Kenyans. The President has many advisers, and an analysis must have been done for him to arrive at this decision. We must understand the application ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to second. To emphasise, as my other colleagues have mentioned, Kenya is now facing a crisis. With an extraordinary crisis, we need extraordinary measures. view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: We call upon the “future governors”, wherever they are, that they must adjust their spending. view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to second. view
• 12 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Sorry I do not have a point of order. view
• 10 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Asante sana, Bwana Spika. Kwa niaba ya familia yangu, watu wa Kiminini Constituency na Trans Nzoia County kwa jumla, ningependa kutoa rambirambi kwa familia ya mwendazake, Mheshimiwa Suleiman Dori, ambaye alikuwa rafiki yangu wa karibu. Mheshimiwa Dori alikuwa mpole na mstaarabu. Tunaomba Mwenyezi Mungu aibariki familia yake na aipatie nguvu wakati huu mgumu. Tunaombea watoto na mke wake kwa sababu tunajua wamelia sana. Lakini tunaomba Mwenyezi Mungu awapanguze machozi. view