Isaac Maigua Mwaura

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 391 to 400 of 1711.

• 21 Apr 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need to ensure that we give Kenyans the opportunity to live a dignified life even in terms of cost of food, so that unga, which cost Kshs90 during the elections, should actually cost less than that right now. view
• 21 Apr 2020 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have the same case. You did not commit my Statement to a relevant Committee. view
• 21 Apr 2020 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 14 Apr 2020 in Senate: seconded. view
• 3 Mar 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is quite interesting to hear Sen. M Kajwang’ speaking in a very comical manner, trying to demonstrate how fires are started. It is curious, of course, that these fires seem to only happen at the finance departments. However, this is not the first time that this is happening. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Statement for investigation. You will remember that when Joe Aketch was the Mayor of Nairobi it also happened. The documents were burned. Actually, almost half of the City Hall burnt, but only around where the documents were kept. ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was caught unawares, but I would like to ask a question. How can you tell a husband to self-quarantine from their wife? Some of the things that we say are ridiculous. To what extent can you know that you have the virus, especially now that there is a lot of coughing, sneezing and fever? In previous crises, people did not have masks to protect themselves. In fact, a famous cartoonist called Gado drew Kenyans wearing kasukus on their mouths to depict the sense of unpreparedness. We are not serious because even those who were suspected to ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to second this Motion. From the outset, I wish to say that this is a very important exercise that we undertake every February, within the timelines set up in the PFM Act. Based on the various deliberations that we have had as a Committee, there are various observations that I would like to make even as we, as a Committee, propose that this Report be adopted. Number one, it is not very clear what exactly our National Debt Register is. This means that the country does not know whether there is a single ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, you remember that just recently, this august House increased the debt ceiling as per the recommendations of the National Treasury. It is, therefore, important that Parliament and the country be briefed, so that we have a single and well cleaned up National Debt Register. That way, we can then know the true fiscal space that we have in terms of borrowing. Secondly, Madam Temporary Speaker, our Budget is balanced, but primarily because we are spending all our ordinary sharable revenue to finance recurrent expenditure. We have had zero budget on development, which is affecting both the national ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, basically, we are borrowing from banks, which get their capitation from the deposits that every other Kenyan and I make. Therefore, they take money from us, and are too willing to borrow for the Government through Treasury Bills, and the repayment period is very short. So, they are doing us in. What we require is an audit and a list from the National Treasury, to know which banks are owed what by Kenyans, because this is where the rubber meets the road. In short, what we are saying, as a Committee from our observation, is that the ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in Senate: 2013/2014, when we were doing 19 per cent; it is now at 16.5 percent. When you look at the Organization for the Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, they have gotten to 40 or 50 per cent of their GDP. The informal sector, as the Chairperson has elucidated on, is the one that is creating jobs. However, what are we doing to ensure that we bring the informal sector into the tax bracket? The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has failed on this, partially because of the rigid legal regime which requires startups to pay tax to the Government. It is ... view