14 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House today Tuesday, 14thApril 2020: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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14 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
Reports of the Committee on Delegated Legislation on its consideration of the following: i. The Value Added Tax (Amendment of Rate of Tax) Order, 2020; and, ii. The Public Finance Management (COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund) Regulations, 2020.
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14 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following two Motions:
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14 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Committee on Delegated Legislation on its consideration of the Value Added Tax (Amendment of the Rate of Tax) Order, 2020, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 14th April 2020 and, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 6 and 67 of the Value Added Tax Act, 2013, approves the Value Added Tax (Amendment of the Rate of Tax) Order, 2020 published as Legal Notice No. 35 of 26th March, 2020. We find ourselves in an extraordinary situation. The human race is ...
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14 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
The observations of the Committee were as follows: The timelines were found to be in order as the Value Added Tax (Amendment of the Rate of Tax) Order, 2020 was gazetted on 26th March 2020 and submitted to the Clerk of the National The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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14 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
Assembly on 1st April 2020. The Order came into force on 1st April 2020 in accordance with paragraph 3 thereof and remains in force subject to and approval or disapproval by the National Assembly or upon the lapse of the Order as stipulated therein.
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14 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
There was no public participation. The reasons for this are given in the explanatory memorandum which is attached to the statutory instrument. Due to the nature of the law before the House, the timeframe and the circumstances, the Committee was persuaded that it was not necessary to have public participation. Having been satisfied that the statutory instrument, that is the Value Added Tax (Amendment of the Rate of Tax) Order, complies with the Constitution, the Interpretation and General Provisions Act, the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act and the Statutory Instruments Act, the Committee recommends to this House to approve it.
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14 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, as I conclude, allow me to point out certain issues regarding this law which, first and foremost, is to the benefit of the citizens. Tax is a burden to everyone. Any proposal to reduce the same is always a positive one. This is one reason we said that it was not necessary to hold public participation. Two, it is important we commend the Government. A lot has been put into place to ensure that we fight this pandemic, including provision of masks, sanitisers and gloves, and ensuring that our medical teams out there are well catered for.
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14 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
It is also important to thank the Members of Parliament for finding time to sit at this extraordinary time to approve this law which is to the benefit of our people. Kenyans look upon us to see how we, as a House, will participate in fighting or combating this pandemic. Therefore, thank you very much Members of Parliament for availing yourselves to come and make this approval. I also thank the Committee because it has done a diligent job very fast. Committee members sat even when we were told that the House was under attack by the Coronavirus. That did ...
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14 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
With those remarks, thank you very much. I now call upon Hon. Member who represents special interests, including cases such as this one, Hon. Jennifer Shamalla, to second. I beg to move the Motion.
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