Gladys Wanga

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• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: powers for revocation of trusts, otherwise, deemed irrevocable where such express power is not provided. In addition, there are instances where the person who creates the trust and transfers the property to the trustee, who is called the settler, would want to set up a trust which he or she is a beneficiary. The Bill proposes to include the settler as one of the beneficiaries of trust property provided that they are living. The current situation is such that if you are the person who has created the trust, you cannot be a beneficiary of that very trust. This Bill ... view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, how did you read my mind? view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: I was hoping to --- view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. What Hon. Millie was whispering to me when she came in is the fact that registration of Trusts is still domiciled with the Cabinet Secretary for Lands. So, the proposal was that we do not just move it away from the Cabinet Secretary to the Registrar of Documents, but we move it away from the Ministry of Lands. You register a Trust through a Trust Deed, and that is why Trusts are domiciled there. However, these are matters we can look into during the Committee of the whole House. The electronic version of the Official ... view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: I want to thank the Members who have contributed to this Bill. They have raised important issues. including the Njenga Karume case that Hon. Passaris, Hon. Makau, Hon. King’ola and Hon. Professor were speaking to. The matter centred on trustees who go rogue. One of the amendments we are making is also tightening the loose ends as far as trustees are concerned to ensure that trustees do not become rogue to an extent of having a situation like that being experienced in the management of the estate of the late Njenga Karume. That is what is moving people away from ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second the Tax Appeals Tribunal (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 19 of 2021). I want to thank very much, the Leader of the Majority Party, for introducing this Bill and also for his thorough exposition of the intent of this Bill, as he was moving. He has adequately covered most of the areas that are covered in this Bill. For the record, I will state that this Bill went through the First Reading on 8th June 2021 and was thereafter committed to the Departmental Committee on Finance and ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: As the Leader of the Majority Party has explained very thoroughly, the current Tax Appeals Tribunal is hosted by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). The Authority is responsible for facilitating the operations of the Tax Appeals Tribunal by providing budgetary allocation, office space and general infrastructural requirements. The secretariat of the tribunal is deployed from KRA. As the Act is not explicit on the manner or recruitment of the staff, this has created a perception of conflict of interest because when you are going to the tribunal, you are in conflict with KRA. If the tribunal itself is facilitated by ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: This Bill has 18 clauses. It seeks to amend the Tax Appeals Tribunal Act of 2013. Clause 2 seeks to repeal Section 4 of the Act and to substitute it with a new section to provide for composition or the members of the Tribunal to be appointed by the JSC. The Clause further seeks to amend the Act by introducing New Sections 4A and 4B, providing for qualification of members of the tribunal and appointment procedures. The third clause seeks to amend Section 5 of the Act to provide that service by the chairperson and members of tribunal shall be ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Clause 5 seeks to amend the Act by introducing Section 7A. The new section provides for functions for the secretary to the tribunal that includes: Day to day management of the affairs of the tribunal, keeping proper records of tax appeals filed, judgment delivered and tax appeals settled out of the tribunals and under the guidance of the chairperson, provide strategic leadership of the tribunal and the secretariat. Those are some of the fundamental clauses and issues that have been raised in the Bill. As far as public participation is concerned - and I want to put this on record ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: follow in the dailies and on the internet and come and provide their views because law-making is a joint effort. Everybody’s views count. However, public participation does not mean that we agree and it does not connote concurrence; but that one’s views are listened to and recorded. view