Member of National Assembly Edith Nyenze

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: expensive for these start-ups to run business in Kenya because there are so many charges. Start- ups are expected to pay so many charges. The tax is also quite high as some businesses are highly taxed. As we open the doors for investors to do business, we should also mind our own Kenyans. We should encourage Kenyans to engage in business activities, since as I have said, there are no white-collar jobs. In this case, I am thinking of a way of reducing by a certain percentage the cost of starting small businesses for the youth. If it is taxes, ... view
• 5 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support the Bill, but there is room for improving it. Thank you. view
• 20 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Deputy Speaker. Let me also contribute to this Bill from the Senate. I congratulate Sen. Aaron Cheruiyot for coming up with this Bill, which will help us benchmark with other farm products. If we come up with a good Act, then it will help us sort out the many problems that bedevil the agriculture sector, especially our farm produce. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I come from a region where we do not grow tea, but, with the current climate change, if it continues the same way, with time, we will also be growing tea. That is if what ... view
• 20 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: If this Bill becomes an Act of Parliament, it will be a point of reference. It will make the problems that are faced by the farmers to be addressed. This will help our country improve agriculture, since it is one of the key sources of revenue to our economy. The Government should be very much interested in making sure that our farmers are not only happy, but they also get something from their hard work. I support this Bill, provided that the farmers’ issues are incorporated. They should also contribute to the Bill because they are the ones who know ... view
• 20 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Otherwise, I support the Bill, provided that the farmers’ issues will be addressed. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 10 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me take this opportunity to convey my condolences to the family of the late President. He was a charismatic and patriotic leader who was precise and disciplined. He had a great appeal to the Kenyan public. He was a very humble man to the point of spending a night in a very humble village called Kyondoni in my constituency. I remember him as a God-fearing man who was a unifying figure. Therefore, Kenyans should unite as we remember him. view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this time to contribute briefly on this Report on the financial statements as laid down by the Public Accounts Committee. I congratulate them for tabling the statements on time. We hope they will improve next time, so that we only have one year pending. I would like to comment on the Report that there has been a slow absorption of funds. This is brought about by the Exchequer taking time to release funds. They should take a shorter time to release the funds because there are so many projects which are ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support this Bill on gambling. In the past we have had our youth highly participate in gambling. The Government has been trying to make it punitive by introducing so many taxes. However, this 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
• 26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Bill is making it possible for our youth to get into some sort of business to solve the problem of unemployment. We have seen taxes levied on gambling because we have been trying to discourage it. However, in developed countries, they encourage gambling because it is a source of business and it brings the Government some revenue. In cities such as Las Vegas in the US, it is a source of tourism, well developed and well- regulated. So, I support this Bill because it is going to regulate and control gambling. Those ones involved will have to be registered, known ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: We should also have some schools in our countries where people are taken through a system to understand gambling as in developed countries where they even have universities where they teach gambling. In doing so, they will have some controls and systems and they will even understand it better. We have been overtaxing gambling to discourage it but it should not be punitive. It should be regulated so that it can be a source of revenue and employment. It can also attract tourism in our country. view