Francis Kigo Njenga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: seconded. view
• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the amendments with reasons. When I look at the 1.5 per cent railway levy and when I also look at the state in our country, whereby not a single railway line has been built in this country it is sad. We see a large population, especially the urban population suffering a lot for lack of transport. After the Mombasa-Malaba Railway is complete, this fund will facilitate in coming up with a commuter railway track which will assist in passenger movement. I remember one time I was in Italy, Rome ... view
• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: revenue. The Government is losing a lot of revenue when it comes to matters of double taxation and now making it digital, it will be easier to actually not avoid paying taxes. view
• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: On the other hand, we need to integrate ourselves with the rest of the world because the world is becoming just but a global market. view
• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I particularly look at Section 114, where the Commissioner will form a committee which will have an advisory role. In this advisory role, one is given a chance to be treated equally. Reading between the lines, the offender is given a chance to accept his offences and pay taxes and this will reduce a lot of litigations which have made the Government of Kenya lose a lot of money. The punishment to be meted against the directors and others who help companies to evade tax is also a deterrent factor. It will be a deterrent ... view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I will pass this information and message as worded to the Committee and probably seek that we get our 14 days - that is two weeks - to give a comprehensive report on the same. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Majority of Kenyans earn and save very little which accumulates to Kshs100,000 and sometimes below. The deposit protection fund bond actually gives people security for their money. It reduces the risks and encourages investments and savings in our country. The other thing which I would like to support this Bill on is based on the fact that we have to get to the culture of savings in order to get out of the vicious circle of poverty. We need to encourage savings and to safeguard the said savings. Savings go a long way The ... view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: to promote investments which increases production and productivity, which again goes back to savings. By so doing, the economic standards of our people rises or is improved. So, by putting up a strategy and amending this Bill to bring in more safety to the depositors’ money, we will bring into Kenya the culture of wanting to get out of that vicious circle of poverty. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this amendment also brings into consideration regional financial growth. You can see our banks have gone all the way to South Sudan and other parts of this region; they are in Uganda, ... view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to support. view