Gladys Wanga

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• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, on behalf of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, it is my privilege and honour to present to this House the Report of the Committee on its consideration of the Finance Bill. The Committee is grateful to the offices of the Speaker and the Clerk of the National Assembly for the logistical and technical support. The Committee further wishes to thank all stakeholders who submitted their comments on the Bill. Finally, I wish to appreciate the Members of the Committee and the Members of the House for their support. With those many remarks, I ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: It is now working, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to really thank the Hon. Members of this House for their very vibrant contributions to this debate on the Finance Bill, 2021, which will help in raising revenue for our Budget for the Financial Year 2021/2022. Members have affirmed their position as defenders of the people who elected us to come and serve them on the Floor of this House. view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Member after Member has spoken for the very lowest class of the people in our society whom we have come here to represent. I take that with a lot of gratitude because, many times, it is thought that Members of Parliament do not speak for the people who elected them to come to this House. Sometimes, a perception is created that we are serving selfish interests rather than of those electorate who elected us. If you listened to Members of this House speak on this Finance Bill, nobody spoke about not taxing the MPs or the highest office holders. Everybody ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: I also thank the National Treasury because if you look at this Finance Bill, it is a very conservative Bill. It does not propose drastic taxation measures to hurt the people too much. There are only a few areas where it touched on the common mwananchi . However, if you look at the entire Bill, it does not seek to raise that much in terms of revenue. Any revenue it raises is knocked 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 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: off by exemptions that it has given to medicament like medicines, vitamins and ventilators. There is a long list of exemptions that have been given. That knocks off any revenue that is being raised. What is good about this Bill is that it is streamlining tax administration. There is a point in time where even if you try to squeeze people more, it will be like squeezing water from a rock. We can look at the loose ends that we can tie up and the loopholes that we can seal to make sure that we do not lose revenue that ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: In concluding, I have seen a lot of proposals for amendments as well. Members also spoke strongly about things like LPG and other items. We might want to zero-rate everything, but as I was moving the Motion I said that we are in difficult times. We must strike a balance between raising revenue and cushioning Kenyans. I want to urge Members that even as we get to the Committee of the whole House stage, let us agree to make compromises, so that where we can we carry and where we cannot we leave to fight another day. We should not ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: I also thank members of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for their commitment to this matter. With those many remarks, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to reply. view
• 17 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairman. I want to thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Government for this addition to cooperatives. I believe that this will mainly go towards cotton ginneries. Following the revival of the Rift Valley Textiles (RIVATEX) East Africa Limited, there is huge demand for cotton. In fact, at the moment, you find that a lot of the cotton that RIVATEX East Africa Limited is using is being imported. Therefore, I would like to thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee for making consideration for the Luanda Ginnery in western Kenya and also the Homa Bay Ginnery. This ... view
• 17 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, I am just passionate on this matter. I am very happy. Maybe I look like I am crying, but they are tears of joy. Right now, farmers in Homa Bay grow their cotton and transport it to a private ginnery in Salowa in Baringo. That is where the cotton can be ginned. Some of them take the cotton to Kitui or Nairobi. By the time the cotton reaches there, it would have passed through too many middlemen hence the value falls. So, I am very passionate on this matter and really thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee for ... view
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: I second. view