Gladys Wanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: goods are supposed to come in tax free. So, when we are not apprised as the Finance Committee, we should think as a House on how we are going to be handling some of these treaties that touch on our tax regime. I thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notices of the following Motions: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on its Inquiry into the Optimization of Revenue in Grain Handling Services at the Port of Mombasa, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 26th November 2020. view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notices of the following Motions: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on its Inquiry into the Optimization of Revenue in Grain Handling Services at the Port of Mombasa, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 26th November 2020. view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on its Consideration of the Tax Laws (Amendment) (No.2) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 48 of 2020). view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The reason why we come for water is because it is a season of sanitisation. We also take throat sanitisers 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 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: and we have to wash it down properly with water. Let me thank Members who have contributed strongly and variedly to this Bill. I want to thank Members for their support and for rising up as true leaders of this nation who know when to give and when to take. I want to mention one thing. We had said that we are still in consultation on the issue of simplification of tax bands and ensuring that the vulnerable category of those who are earning under Kshs24, 000 continue to be protected. If we were to fall back to the exact ... view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move that the Tax Laws (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 2020 be now read a Second Time. We all know that when we were hit by the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the government moved with speed to effect amendments to our tax laws in order to cushion our people, industries and businesses from the impact of the many restrictions that had been brought about by the pandemic which hit not only Kenya, but the world at large. Hon. Speaker, Kenya was one of those countries that moved with speed. We were able to ... view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Hotels, bars and restaurants were closed. These measures have since been relaxed by the Government. People can now go to their places of work. Hotels and bars are now open. They now have to follow the COVID-19 regulations. As a country, we are more or less back to our usual work stations. These measures led to a loss of revenue amounting to about Kshs80 billion yet our demands remain the same. We want our health workers and teachers to be paid. We want the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) money to be paid so that we can service our ... view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: On the issue of individual income taxes, we had reduced the highest tax from 30 per cent to 25 per cent. We are trying to reinstate it so that people go back to where they were before COVID-19. There is also the issue of VAT under Section 17, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section. A registered person who is a manufacturer may make deductions of input tax. What this clause is trying to do is to protect local manufactures. Right now, if local manufacturers make supplies to eight funded projects, they are not eligible to claim any VAT. It makes ... view