Eng. Ephraim Mwangi Maina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Sep 2021 in Senate: I am making this Statement on the substantial increase of fuel prices by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA recently. It is worth noting that the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry made the Petroleum Levy Order, 2020, which was published in the Kenya Gazette on 10th July, 2020 and came into effect the same month. view
• 16 Sep 2021 in Senate: The order sets out levies to be paid with respect to various petroleum fuels consumed in Kenya. These levies were to be paid into a fund created under the Act are to be used for the purpose set out in the Act. In addition, to serve as a stabilizing mechanism of local pump prices where the prices rise owing to various conditions. view
• 16 Sep 2021 in Senate: This was after a lot of deliberations that we held with the Ministry regarding the issue of rising fuel prices. view
• 16 Sep 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, nobody should have imagined that after your ruling yesterday somebody somewhere would go and connive a different act. The question as to whether the Statement I am reading will in any way impair your order does not arise as far as I am concerned. Your order is supreme. I am only giving this House some insight which will help on Tuesday when we meet. view
• 16 Sep 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am standing under Standing Order No.1, where you have your own discretion that I can make some good comments and give some information to this House which will help them to be better prepared for Tuesday. view
• 16 Sep 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I must be clear that I am in no way trying to deviate from your ruling. It would be better to listen to this matter and keep politics aside for now. This Committee has worked tirelessly trying to curtail fuel increases. From March to date, there has been no fuel increase because this Committee persistently kept telling the CS that Kenyans cannot afford any more increase in fuel prices. I might also Table the Price Control Act which was signed by former President Kibaki in his regime. I brought this Act so that the House can see ... view
• 16 Sep 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 16 Sep 2021 in Senate: These fuel prices have nothing to do with my Committee. We have gone hoarse trying to tell them that Kenyans cannot afford any increase in fuel prices. It is not only fuel prices. When you continue taxing a country---. view
• 16 Sep 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have not envisaged or said that this Committee is not part of the problem that we are facing or that it will not handle the problem. No Member should imagine that. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said, we have an Act. Therefore, I beseech this House to put pressure for this Act to be effected so that we save Kenyans from high prices. I caution that if we continue to tax Kenyans, it will not yield any good results. It is like milking a cow which is already under-fed and finally when it dies, there is ... view
• 16 Sep 2021 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I meant the National Assembly. You are always ahead. view