Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: In my assessment, if you look at the benefits Kenya is going to derive in terms of skills transfer, rent and provision of jobs, I can tell you that the Members saying here that the British are making our people in Laikipia suffer--- The moment that base is closed, Laikipia will become a ghost town. I can bet that with my life. The day the British vacate Laikipia, there will be mass 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
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: unemployment in Nanyuki Town and the value of land will decrease. That is the day we shall start thinking about where we will get an investor. We must look at the British from that point of view of being investors. In fact, we know of instances--- view
• 6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to say that I am happy with this Session particularly on the issue of the NGCDF because we were fearing that it will be blocked. Although some money has been retained pursuant to the court order, I hope the CDF Committee will come up with ways to remedy that issue, so that the entire sums go back to NGCDF. With that, I wish our Muslim brethren Happy Eid Mubarak . view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Allow me to support this amendment. When you look at the level of this country’s support to our agriculture sector, it is not commensurate to the gains we derive from it. It is in our books that the agriculture sector provides employment to about two-thirds of Kenyans, if not more. Comparing how much we give to agriculture, this is very minimal. Looking at our Budget, you will realize that the largest amount goes to the education sector. The outcome of this is very negligible. Kenya needs to probably buttress that issue. There should be ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: means the Government has a machinery of supervising. It will ensure something is happening or benefits are accruing to farmers because of monthly returns of VAT. As opposed to an exemption, which means the transporter may as well retain that amount which he was charging farmers prior to the enactment of this law. The best evidence of this position is the document we have. In pages 84 and 85 of the First Schedule on VAT law, it talks about exemption to supplies. It lists several items which are exempted from VAT. However, my attention has been drawn to pages 84 ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I hold free medical camps day in, day out in Kiharu Constituency. At times, we buy spectacles at Kshs200 and give people for free. But when you ask the price of those spectacles at, for instance, a pharmacy or an optical shop, you will be told that it is Kshs7,000. That means that the price of drugs has not gone down, notwithstanding the exemption of taxes. Those benefits are not percolated to the mwananchi . By the way, it is even worse in a situation where you have a person who was being levied VAT and then you give him ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise under Standing Order No. 96 to seek that this Motion be adjourned because Article 205 (2) of the Constitution provides that any recommendation made by the Commission on Revenue Allocation shall be tabled in Parliament and each House shall consider the recommendations before voting on the Bill. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Article 205 of the Constitution is on consultations on financial legislation affecting the counties. Article 205(1) of the Constitution provides that when a Bill that includes provisions dealing with the sharing of revenue or any financial matter concerning county governments is published, the Commission on Revenue Allocation shall consider those provisions and may make recommendations to the National Assembly and the Senate. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I draw your attention to the functions of the Commission on Revenue Allocation as per Article 216 (5), which says that the Commission shall submit its recommendations to the Senate, the National Assembly, the national executive, county assemblies and county executives. This means that we cannot discuss this Bill if the formula that is proposing or giving the rationale on how the money will be shared amongst the counties has not been discussed by this House. Therefore, it is very important for us to first discuss that formula in this plenary before we discuss this law. That formula ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you. view