Francis Kigo Njenga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 44(2)(c), I wish to seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology, regarding teachers who retired in 1997 and even earlier. The retired teachers went to court seeking resolution of their unpaid gratuities and other dues, and the High Court ruled in their favour, awarding them a total of Kshs.16.4 billion. The National Treasury budgeted Kshs.3.34 billion in the Financial Year 2009/2010 and Kshs.2.6 billion in the Financial Year 2010/2011. Unfortunately, not a The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for ... view
• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: single cent has been paid to date. Some retirees have passed on while others continue to age. view
• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, in her Statement, the Chairperson should inquire into and report on whether the Government respects the court’s order and abides by the provision in its budget to pay the retired teachers. Two, whether the Government will compensate the said retired teachers for the delay in paying them and thirdly; whether the Government can provide to the lawyers or advocates of the said retired teachers a schedule of the proposed settlement. Further, I would like to take this opportunity, with your permission, to say that early in the month of June, I sought a Statement from the Committee ... view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion by my colleague, hon. Nyamai; because this is what I have thought will be the solution to the many problems that we have had in this country. view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: It has become so difficult to get documents in this country. It has become time wasting. It is even expensive for everyone to even be identified as a Kenyan. So, as I contribute to this Motion, I would like the Mover to put it into a Bill, so that in future the unification of documents should start at birth. The moment a Kenyan is born, he should be given an identification number, which is to be used as the identity card number, the birth certificate and even for the Higher Education Loans Board. We should only confirm that one is ... view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: I am also disturbed by the red-tape. I personally had to go all the way to Kiambu to collect an identity card, a distance of about 70 kilometres. I recently lost an identity card and the pain I underwent was so much. I am also told that people are now counterfeiting the new generation identity cards; I am sure with the digital era, we do not have to go through all that. The red tape is disturbing. I am also disturbed by what has happened in this country over the last 10 or so years. We have had many immigrants ... view
• 15 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I stand to support the Bill. When I look at the composition of the membership that is advocated by this Bill, I get the assurance that we can obtain performance. KRA, on the other hand, has lost almost all cases that it has taken to court. That weakness is known by taxpayers and for anything, they rush to court and sometimes, KRA losses. With the Chairman being a qualified Judge of the High Court, a person of integrity and assisted by the people stated in Section 3(b)(2), with disciplines such as accounting, economics, finance, law, ... view
• 15 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: More importantly, when I look at Cluase 8(2), I am happy that they now recognize that the allocation shall be from this House. This Tribunal will make our oversight work much easier. view
• 15 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: I am also impressed by Clause 12 that brings in factuality. This is because anything can be cooked. The taxpayer and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officers can cook situations that become very difficult for one to get out of. When factuality is brought in, you must bring in a statement or a memorandum of fact, and that before you even bring it you are supposed to pay Kshs20,000; it makes you feel that people who will be joking will not bring cases just for the sake of it. view
• 15 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: The most important thing is that the decision of this tribunal will be as good as the decision of a court and will be final. If this is the case, scheming by people and depriving the KRA of money, or the KRA depriving people of their right to fairness will be brought to an end. Clause 34(2) prevents people from teaming up and ripping off the Authority, or the Authority officials teaming up and ripping off taxpayers. view