Isaac Waihenya Ndirangu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Following those budgetary allocations and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected several sectors of the economy, the Committee resolved to undertake fact finding visits to KRA offices and its other satellite facilities, with the view to assess challenges affecting their ability to collect revenue optimally. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Committee undertook fact-finding visits to the Kenya Revenue Authority at Times Tower, their container depot at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the Port of Mombasa, Namanga and Busia One Stop Border Posts (OSBPs). These visits were undertaken between 23rd September 2020 and 10th October last year. The objectives of the ... view
• 29 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Tanzania is relatively lower in comparison to the excise duty charged in Kenya. This has resulted in unscrupulous traders preferring to smuggle items through the long and porous Kenya-Tanzania border which is one of the longest border boundary in East Africa. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the introduction of 10 per cent import duty on non-East African countries has resulted in the decrease in volumes of hardwood import in Kenya. This may lead to deforestation in the country and reduction of revenue. There is need to examine the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Policy in Kenya and carry out a comparative study between ... view
• 29 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, we also observed that the Malaba One Stop Border Post (OSBP) was poorly defined with no parking space for trucks leading to long queues of trucks and the buildings housing the OSBP is dilapidated. The road is not paved and there was no standby generator in case of power failure. That boarder post had no clean water and the only reliable water was being pumped from River Malaba for use in sanitation. The contractor did not carry out feasibility study to access whether there was a potential for drilling a borehole or water supply. view
• 29 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am happy to report that after our visit and after we highlighted these problems, the Malaba OSBP has already started to sink a borehole and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has provided the money. Kenya Ports Authority has 22 acres of unutilised land close to Malaba OSBP that can be utilised for parking of trucks. This will go a long way in easing traffic congestion. The road leading to Busia OSBP was narrow and dilapidated and this leads to long queues of trucks including those carrying explosive material posing a risk in case of an explosion ... view
• 29 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: We also established that the speed boats used by the KRA for surveillance at the port of Mombasa and Shimoni are old and unable to effectively monitor illegal activities in the waters or even apprehend the tax evaders. All OSBPs did not have coolers in their warehouses hence goods stored awaiting clearance easily rot or expire. The long and porous border between Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda has continued to encourage smuggling as the multi-agency teams are – the cross border trade undermines revenue collection as the traders use the illegal and unmanned routes Hon. Deputy Speaker, I will end my ... view
• 29 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thank all the Members who have contributed and assure Hon. (Dr.) Ochanda, the Member for Bondo and Member for Fafi, Hon. (Dr.) Duale that our Committee undertakes to do further visits to Garissa,Wajir, Liboi, Diff, Fafi, Kiunga, Horohoro in Lungalunga, Shimoni and all other border posts. Those officially established and also to investigate all those illegal panya routes with the view of developing one stop border post in those areas. I wish to thank the Members for their keen interest in supporting this Motion. I also wish to mention that the accolades my ... view
• 29 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if it pleases you may I call upon my Chair to give her last shot in replying to this Motion. Thank you, she has declined. I wish to reply, thank everybody and Members of the Committee. view
• 24 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. This provision is very important because many pension schemes have been suffering from defaulters like public universities and the former local authorities, who failed to make pensioners’ 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
• 24 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: contributions to the defunct former authorities, and now the counties. They are notorious for deducting workers’ money for pension, but they do not submit it to their pension schemes. So, this provision enables the RBA to appoint an agent and particularly KRA to collect the money and submit it to the scheme. So, it is empowering the RBA. In fact, this House may care to know that the Local Authorities Pensions Trust (Laptrust) and the Local Authorities Pensions Fund (Lapfund), which are pension schemes for many local government authorities, are owed in excess of Kshs40 billion. This provision will enable ... view
• 24 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support. view