David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1831 to 1840 of 2696.

• 27 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I agree with Hon. Ichungw’ah. At one time, the policy was that agencies were withholding 16 per cent. Where I worked, they never used to remit that. It caused a lot of problems thereafter. The Government was unable to--- Secondly, when it came to the Government to make some refund to the people who had exceeded the amount when they were making their VAT returns, again it was a problem. So, I agree with Hon. Ichungw’ah that we oppose this amendment. We should not allow agencies to withhold VAT; let the person who is ... view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: I even forgot that it was a new clause. I support but at the same time Hon. Dalmas has just proposed something. I know the rules are that we have to move as it is. But, maybe, we need to look at this and change these things so that we can save time. view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I do not understand whether what has been moved by Hon. Chepkong’a that any variation requires the approval of Parliament conflicts with this amendment in which we are now allowing the Cabinet Secretary to reduce the rates without the approval of Parliament. It is a little bit confusing. I would wish that anything being done by the Cabinet Secretary be subjected to the approval of the House. If the Cabinet Secretary decides to increase it to Kshs1 million without bringing it to Parliament, what happens? It is important not to allow the Cabinet Secretary to decide ... view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Secretary might decide to increase the rate to as high as he wants and we may not be able to question him. view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: seconded. view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support. This is why a search warrant is issued. I totally support. It should be clear. view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: I second. view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I second regarding the re-committal of Clause 95(5). The volume of the Bill might have confused us, and we did not know exactly what we were voting for. As he has said, we voted to remove the whole Clause 95, which was not the position. The vote was only for the amendment that was moved by the Chairman. I beg to second. view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: I second. view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: I second. view