Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: My heart goes out to the millions of unemployed young people who do not even have a salary. It also goes out to the millions of boda boda riders, millions of hawkers and farmers who do not have a constant salary. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: Those of us in public service such as Parliamentarians and civil servants should be thanking God that we have a salary at the end of the month. Even as those of us in Parliament push for higher salaries let us also remember the majority of taxpayers who pay Value Added Tax (VAT) - I do not know - Sales Tax and Income Tax and do not have a regular salary. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: Therefore, the work of the SRC needs to be appreciated otherwise we will have cosseted insiders. That is a situation where those of us who are in regular Government jobs will have our salaries so much enhanced to the detriment of the common taxpayers such as the mama mboga, boda boda riders, the avocado farmer, the macadamia farmer in Murang’a, the tea farmer and coffee farmers who will be over taxed. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: We will have a situation where all those taxes are going to pay public servants. That is why I strongly support the work of SRC to ensure they do a good evaluation and salaries are being paid on the basis of productivity not on the basis of the power to push Government. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: Let us pass this amendment so that we encourage the Commission to set salaries based on productivity and how many hours you work in your office. I love the people who have small kiosks or shops. Think of that shopkeeper near your estate. That shopkeeper often opens from 5.00 a.m., and closes at about 10.00 p.m. or 11.00 p.m. He does not have a regular income or fixed salary unlike those of us who have a regular income that is paid by the taxes collected from the same shopkeeper. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: To the extent that SRC caps our salaries, it makes sense. It is to champion the interests of that shopkeeper who opens from 5.00 a.m., to 10.00 p.m., and does not know where the customers will come from and without a guaranteed income at the end of the month. Let us support this amendment to strengthen the work of SRC. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: As I finalize, I urge this country to mind the common wananchi who are suffering out there. Let us think of unemployed young people even as we push for salaries. Those of us who are pushing for higher salaries at least have an income. What about the millions of unemployed young people? It is okay, of course, you need to be well paid, but what about those people who work seven days a week almost 24 hours a day? view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: Think of a boda boda rider whose income is not guaranteed. He wakes up at about 4.00 a.m., and sleeps at about midnight and works from Monday to Monday. When that rider goes to purchase fuel there will be VAT which is going to be used to pay our salaries. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: Please let us allow SRC to peg our income on productivity so that I am paid according to my work out put. I wish the SRC chairperson was here. All Senators who are not here should not get something. I wish the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) would come here and take a duty roster. I am serious. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. When I spoke, I said both physically and virtually. To respond to my leader, Mzalendo issued a report and I was ranked among the most active Senators last year. I can assure you that I will also be in that list this year. So, do not worry. view