David Mwalika Mboni

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: There is a proposed amendment to impose duty on maize and maize products which are imported. We zero-rated imports on maize and maize products last year. Duty exempt means that we will increase VAT on imported maize. From our experience, when that tax is imposed, the importers will transfer tax to the final consumer. Therefore, the cost of maize products will 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
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: increase. For the people who come from Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) who are facing drought like me, their lives will be very difficult. We need to re-look into that. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: The other thing is to increase export duty on wet glue. This country does not have capacity to process hides or skins to the final product. The Government had proposed to set up a leather industrial park in Kinanie in Mavoko Constituency. That proposal was not implemented. Unless we implement that proposal and construct that industrial park…. The industrial park was supposed to set up firms to process hides and skin to the final product. If we impose tax, it means that we shall not export wet glue. We will have a lot of wastage in this country. We need ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: The last one is on the interest rates capping. One thing we need to understand is that the credit to SMEs started going down in 2014. That is the time the Government started borrowing heavily from the domestic market and increasing the budget deficit. As it stands now, our budget deficit is about 23 per cent which we are supposed to fund from borrowing either from the domestic market or foreign market. Our debt to GDP stands at 5.9 per cent, which is quite high. I think that the Government is the enemy of the people. If you are competing ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: The other thing it needs to do is to borrow from multilateral lenders. These are the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). They should also go for concessional loans where 30 per cent of the money is a grant which you are not supposed to pay. The maturity period starts after five years. If you are putting up infrastructure, you shall have finished it within five years and you start earning something from it as opposed to what we are borrowing now. We are borrowing commercial loans. If you borrow a commercial loan today at a high interest ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support the Bill. Thank you very much. view
• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: I support the proposed amendment by Mhe . Koros. view
• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: I support the proposed amendment by Mhe . Koros. view
• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, we need to note that this amendment is not only for Population and Housing Census, it is for all statistical information. Apart from the Population and Housing Census, there are agricultural census and surveys on particular areas, which are collected by the KNBS. We should not concentrate on cancellation. There is revision and adjustments of statistics as well. So, I am not for the Director- General being given so much powers even though he is the technical advisor on statistics to the Government. He needs checks and balances, so that he does not wake up one ... view
• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, we need to note that this amendment is not only for Population and Housing Census, it is for all statistical information. Apart from the Population and Housing Census, there are agricultural census and surveys on particular areas, which are collected by the KNBS. We should not concentrate on cancellation. There is revision and adjustments of statistics as well. So, I am not for the Director- General being given so much powers even though he is the technical advisor on statistics to the Government. He needs checks and balances, so that he does not wake up one ... view