Godfrey Osotsi

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• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: The second aspect is the 0.5 tax for the National Housing Development Fund. This is a strain to employees and employers. It will increase the cost of employment and create layoffs. It should be made optional. Employees should choose whether they want to participate in this programme or not. Putting a mandatory tax of 0.5 on every employee is unacceptable. They have also put Excise Duty on kerosene on the basis that they are trying to manage adulteration of fuel. Why are they punishing poor people? It is not the responsibility of the poor people to manage the quality of ... view
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: There is also the issue of payment of Excise Duty on money transfers. This is illogical. The provision should have provided guidelines on how it will be implemented. For example, if I want to make payment of tax to the Government, why should I be taxed again? If I want to pay salaries of members of staff, why should I be taxed? If I want to pay dividends, why should I be taxed? This provision is so punitive. It is not enforceable without proper guidelines on how some of these transfers will be handled, especially Government transfers. I know of ... view
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: We have just annulled regulations on the Tourism Promotion Fund this afternoon. However, it is still there in Clause 56 of this Bill. This will make the cost of people visiting Kenya very expensive and will not promote tourism. Do we also need this Fund when we have other initiatives that promote tourism in the country? This is duplication of responsibilities in the area of tourism management. view
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I also want to talk about the Value Added Tax (VAT) on business rent. This is punitive. We cannot charge businesses 30 per cent Corporation Tax and then charge them 16 per cent VAT on business rent. This is another form of double taxation. On a positive note, this Bill proposes that proceeds from betting, lotteries and gaming will be deposited into the Sports, Arts and Social Development Fund. This is progressive. We know that there this provision in the Sports Act, but it has not been implemented. The Government gets money from betting, lotteries and gaming, but the money ... view
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, because of time, I beg to support. Thank you. view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I also wanted to make an observation there. This amendment seems to look at friends of committees from one perspective. view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I wanted to contribute to this amendment. view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I wanted to contribute to Clause 16. view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. This is a very important Motion because, as you are aware, women are an integral part of a family which gradually becomes part of the entire society. This particular meeting was important because it implements the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action on issues of gender equality, women economic empowerment, maternal health and much more. The experiences that were gathered in this conference are important and very useful for our women. What we need is to have practical strategies on how some of these proposals ... view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: It is also important that this country must face the reality that we need to have a comprehensive curriculum on sex education in our curriculum. Some of these early pregnancy challenges arise as a result of lack of sex education. We need a lot of awareness around this area, so that we have less girls getting married early in life or getting pregnant before they complete school. Most importantly, looking at the recommendations in this Report, they have recommended that this Parliament needs to speed up the introduction of the Widows Bill. I agree with them fully on that, so ... view