Gladys Wanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Following the advert on this Bill, the Committee discussed it with stakeholders on Thursday, 29th July at Hilton Gardens Hotel in Machakos and several stakeholders attended the meeting. Allow me to thank dedicated stakeholders whose value contribution led to the production of the Committee’s Report. They include the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya who are a very consistent contributor to every legislation. I thank and congratulate them. We also had the Kenya Association of Manufacturers, Coulibaly Associates, the Law Society of Kenya, the National Treasury and Planning, Kenya Revenue Authority, the Judiciary and the Institute of Certified Public ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: In general, the stakeholders welcomed the proposed amendments in the Bill with a majority of them opposing the recruitment of staff of the tribunal by the Public Service Commission (PSC), and the setting of salaries of the chairperson and members of the tribunal by the Cabinet Secretary. A proposal was made by some stakeholders to stagger appointment of members of the tribunal so as to ensure the tribunal does not have any vacant positions at any given time. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: If the tribunals have been found to be subsidiary courts, then appointment or recruitment of staff should be done by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Those are proposals that are going to be moved by the Committee during the Committee of the whole House stage. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: The proposal to have the tribunal’s funds appropriated by Parliament and to receive funding through grants and donations was also opposed by some stakeholders. Their comments on the Bill are contained in Part 3 of the Report and all stakeholders’ comments were considered by the Committee while it was making determinations on the amendments. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: On the issue of directly funding the tribunal, the tribunal has no mechanism for expending money. Therefore, money for the tribunal should be appropriated to the JSC. Therefore, the tribunal is funded just like all the other courts are funded. So that particular section of the Bill will be reviewed and amendments proposed by the Committee so that the tribunal has some legs to stand on as far as funding is concerned. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: While considering the Bill, the Committee observed that while the Bill seeks to comply with the decision of the High Court, there were still some areas that may not be entirely complied with. I have already spoken to the issue of the staff of the tribunal being recruited by the Public Service Commission. The Committee was of the view that the role of the appointment of secretary and staff, of course, should be by the JSC and the local tribunals being under the JSC management of staff, service in them must be done by the JSC. However, the Bill as ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: The Committee further observed that determination on remuneration and payment of expenses by the chairperson and members of the tribunal is to be undertaken by the Cabinet Secretary in consultation with the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (JSC). The Committee was of the view that this would amount to interference of the Judiciary by the Executive, which is against the intention of the court ruling. To this end, the Committee will propose amendments to the Bill to remedy and address the anomalies. It is worth noting that the enactment of this Bill will increase efficiency of the tribunal because we will ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: From the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning perspective, we also see this as being beneficial to revenue collection because with 500 appeals and as much as the 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. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: people who have lodged the appeals have money held, there is also a lot of revenue that is held up by that kind of backlog. Therefore, the efficiency that will be created by the new structure should be able to unlock the much needed revenue for provision of services by the Government. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: The Leader of the Majority Party spoke to the issue of transition. I agree with him that we should have a transition mechanism and timelines so that we do not leave a lacuna that will lead to disruption of services. view