Gladys Wanga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 571 to 580 of 1718.

• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you Chair. With regard to the two issues raised by Hon. (Prof). Oduol and Hon. Martin Owino, the Marine Transport under the Treasury is mainly the ports and their services. The maritime remains in transport. It is essentially policy. There was an Executive order that created the Kenya Transport and Logistics Network. It brought the port, the rail and pipeline under ICDC. It brought all of them under the Treasury. That is the programme that is under the National Treasury that read essentially the port. On the other matter raised by Hon. Martin Owino, the Departmental Committee on Finance ... view
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: 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
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: I second. view
• 10 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am surprised by Hon. Osotsi’s claim because I have been in constant communication with him. After inviting KRA to come and respond to his Question, he said that he was not going to be available and would not come and listen to the answers. He asked me to postpone it indefinitely until he is available. I am, therefore, surprised for him to come and mention this on the Floor, as if the Committee has not moved on the matter. He who comes into equity must come with clean hands. I invited KRA and they were ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: (Homa Bay (CWR), ODM): Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Report by the Departmental Committee on Budget and Appropriations. I thank the Departmental Committee on Budget and Appropriations for putting in a lot of work in coming up with this Report within the short time that was available. I would also like to thank the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for the work they put in in scrutinising the budget for the departments and commissions that fall under our Committee. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we do this budget under the reality of significant ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: were able to help our corporates to save jobs for our people. These deductions in taxes cushioned Kenyans. However, they resulted in a drastic drop in our revenue. Therefore, we are between a rock and a hard place. On one hand, we are cushioning Kenyans, but on the other hand, we have to raise sufficient revenue to provide services for them. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: The situation that we find ourselves in calls for creativity in tax administration. This is not in terms of not only taxing the same old culprits, but also trying to widen our tax base by finding new people. We need to invest sufficiently in the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). As the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, we have a Report on the Floor of this House that speaks to some of the areas that we feel there needs to be investment in KRA, so that we can raise more money. While we were discussing some issues with KRA, ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: We thank the National Treasury for ensuring that we will now have scanners along our borders. When the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning visited our borders in Malaba in Busia County, we discovered that the Ugandan side whose total tax revenue is Kshs600 billion has invested in electronic scanners. However, there are no scanners on the Kenyan side of the border. Therefore, Kenyan officers wait for images from the Ugandan side to check whether a truck has covered ethanol with water melons. These are some of the investments that we must make. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: The issue of debt has already been raised by the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. We have a debt of Kshs7.3 trillion currently. Then, there is an additional Kshs1.35 trillion of debt that has been signed, but has not been drawn or disbursed. This brings the total debt to Kshs8.65 trillion against a ceiling of Kshs9 trillion. Our fiscal deficit in this financial year is almost Kshs900 billion. This means that we must adjust our debt ceiling to accommodate what we will do in this coming financial year. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: What alternatives do we have on the matter of debt? We thank the National Treasury for an aggressive push towards having Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). Before the Floor of this House, we have the PPP Bill that we will ensure is passed. view