Gladys Wanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am just wondering whether the Member for Soy is in order to come into the House dressed up in party colours. I also want clarification whether they are using public money voted in the Office of the Deputy President to buy yellow masks and yellow sweaters. I hear they are being distributed somewhere in Karen. view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: (Homa Bay, ODM)]: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move that the Finance Bill (National Assembly Bill No.18 of 2021) be now read a Second Time. As I begin, let me thank the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for their dedication and the work that they put in to ensure that the Committee has a report shared with the House in good time. For the record, the Finance Bill was published on 5th May 2021 and read the First Time on Tuesday, 11th May 2021. Thereafter it was committed to our Committee. The Bill sets ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: effective collection of revenue as relates to the Budget of the fiscal year 2021/2022. The omnibus Bill seeks to amend the Income Tax Act, the Value Added Tax Act, the Excise Duty Act, the Tax Procedures Act, the Miscellaneous Fees and Levies Act of 2016, the Capital Markets Act, the Insurance Act, the Kenya Revenue Authority Act, the Retirement Benefits Act, and the Central Depositories Act. The Bill is being considered at a very delicate time when Treasury and Members of this House have to balance between cushioning Kenyans from the COVID-19 pandemic, but at the same time raise sufficient ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: The reason we are defining “Infrastructure Bond” in the Income Tax Act, is to clarify the types of bonds that can qualify for exemption from income tax or interest earned on them. There is also a move to define “Digital Service Tax” which was introduced last time. It is important because business is happening digitally because of this COVID-19 period. The Bill, therefore, seeks to define the term “Digital Market Place” which means an online platform which enables users to sell or provide services or goods to other properties or users. A lot of transactions are currently going on digitally. ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: 2(b), there are different periods provided for different businesses. If you start a farm or a plantation here, you will have 183 days which is six months for Kenya to be considered as your permanent establishment. It is important because once Kenya is considered your permanent establishment, then you start to pay taxes that accrue to businesses that are established here. You are no longer an expatriate moving and going. The only difference there is for consultancies. Consultancies have been put at 91 days. These are standards like OECD and UN standards. Most consultancies end after 30 to 52 months ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: COVID-19 without using syringes. This is because it is not an oral vaccine. Therefore, the Committee proposes to return syringes to the list of exempt items because it is important to keep them there especially during this COVID period. The other item the Committee has proposed to retain is infant baby formula; a matter that Hon. Shakeel is very passionate about because he has four infants. He says he spends a huge sum of money on baby formula every week. To save on our mothers and our fathers who have infants, we believe that it is not time to tax ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: industry which has contributed significantly in youth employment. Therefore, that particular proposal on motorcycles the Committee... Even though it might not be adverse, it needs to be explained better so that when it is introduced it is done so when it is understood by everybody. Hon. Speaker, the Bill seeks to re-introduce Excise Duty on locally manufactured confectionery. This is a sector that is a very big employer for many Kenyans. The Committee feels that we need to protect the local manufacturers but maybe increase excise on imported sugar and confectionery items so that we protect the local manufacturers but ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: the non-charitable ones. The Committee, therefore, proposes to increase this to even 30 per cent but distribute it among all the four sectors of betting so that it is carried by everybody, not just by one person. The Committee will be making those proposals. As I finish, there is the matter of how long documents should be retained by taxpayers. The Bill was seeking to move it from five years to seven years. However, in this era of digitization, there will be no need for KRA to require tax payers to bear the burden of keeping documents for seven years. ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: There is an important matter on the Tax Procedures Act where this Bill seeks to … let me just find it. Clause 33 of the Finance Bill (National Assembly Bill No.18 of 2021) says, Section 47 of the Tax Procedures Act, 2015 is amended by inserting the following new subsections immediately after subsection (4) (4A) Where the Commissioner notifies a taxpayer that an application for refund has been ascertained in accordance with subsection (3), and applies the refund to the payment of an outstanding tax in accordance with subsection (4) (a) or (b), interest on penalties, shall not accrue on ... view