22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support the Bill 100 per cent. I thank the Leader of the Majority Party but, more so, the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning led by Hon. Gladys Wanga. Is she normally called Nyasuguta? What is her other name? It is Nyasuna. She is the first ever person not from the ruling side to be the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. Now that we are discussing the Tax Appeals Tribunal (Amendment) Bill, we now know that tax laws are domiciled ...
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22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
Tribunal who sit within the buildings of the KRA and also the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for the National Treasury is the appointing authority, the citizens may not be confident in finding justice. It will be very difficult for a goat to find justice before a panel of hyenas. The National Treasury and the KRA are interested parties in such disputes. When we amend the Tax Appeals Tribunal Bill so that the members of the tribunal are appointed by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), I will support it 100 per cent. This is so that we can delink the interested parties ...
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22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
There is also a provision in the Bill which states that, in the appointment of the members of the Tribunal who will be 15 and above, we should not only appoint lawyers because the tribunal is in the Judiciary. We should appoint technical people because tax laws go beyond legal matters. Some are financial matters and we will have people like Hon. Mbadi, who is a very well-known accountant and finance person, sitting in the tribunal. That is very important. I urge my colleagues in this House that for the sake of all of us and to broaden the tax ...
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6 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, sorry for that. I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs the following Question: (i) What is the progress of the recent recruitment undertaken by the Public Service Commission that was advertised in June 2020 on various job vacancies? (ii) How many people were actively recruited and in particular, how many youths were recruited? (iii) What measures the Public Service Commission is taking to ensure hiring of qualified young people as provided for in Article 55 of the Constitution? Why is the delay? The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is ...
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17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move that the Committee doth report to the House its consideration of the National Youth Council (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 8 of 2019), and its approval thereof with amendments.
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17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chair, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report.
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17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
I request Hon. Sankok to second the Motion for agreement with the Report of the Committee of the whole House.
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17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is a very progressive Bill. I beg to second.
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17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the National Youth Council (Amendment) Bill be now read the Third Time.
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