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• 17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I am talking about Value Added Tax (VAT). Who is responsible for VAT? Is there another body responsible for VAT? view
• 17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: The Report says that the Commissioner-General admitted that KRA did not have the capacity to verify all containers of commodities imported, but does random verification and scanning of cargo before release. That is the Commissioner-General of KRA who was talking. How then could a Member who sat in the Committee derive that there is capability of non-payment of VAT, if the Commissioner-General said there was no verification? They do it randomly and, in that case, they never did it. I lead you to the submission of the Board of Management of Mumias Sugar Company. They go further to say that ... view
• 17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: ( Loud consultations ) view
• 17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, you may be in a hurry but what this Parliament must not be used for is unnecessary things which are of a political nature. Hon. Speaker, under your watch, you must make a ruling on what I am requesting you. On admissibility because we have been accused of so many things as a Parliament and if something has more than meets the eye, you must make a ruling under considered rules. The recommendations of this Committee are that investigations should be carried out on Mumias Sugar Company and its agent KRA or importers and their agents who imported ... view
• 17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Yes, and then rising from everything that I have read - and I stand to be corrected - where is the name of Dr. Evans Kidero? I do not like the guy but I am telling you there is more than meets the eye in what is trying to happen before us. Hon. Speaker, I beg you to scrutinize the admissibility of this amendment. It looks cooked up; it is cut from a tree; it does not belong here and is one of those things that somebody is being sent when they should have done those things in the Committee. ... view
• 17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I dare him if I am lying! Let him dare me! This is not the kind of place where you do those things on the Floor of this House. Hon. Speaker, I want you to give a considered ruling because it will set precedent. We are too many Members. That way, Members may know how to properly use the Floor of this House. They should not use it to hurt people or kill careers. But if somebody is a criminal, there is a court of law. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to oppose the Motion for many reasons. I have said here before that the Budget and Appropriations Committee had been espousing wanting behaviour toward the budget-making process. We promised ourselves a Kamukunji to sort out those irregular things the Budget and Appropriations Committee was doing, particularly its Members. Many of them are good Members. This Committee has flaws. Last week, I submitted an amendment. The intention of the amendment was that before we reconstitute, I wanted to make the Budget and Appropriations Committee a committee of chairs of Departmental Committees. My reasoning then was ... view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: chairs would come with Committee proposals to the Budget and Appropriations Committee and would discuss the ceilings. If there were any differences, they would go back to the Committees to stop and prevent the Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee allocating themselves monies in their constituencies and leaving the rest out. view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I was then told that my amendment had to be accompanied by signatures. I have since collected the 50 signatures. The Budget and Appropriations Committee has usurped the powers of the other Committees and it has taken away the powers of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. But the worst one is where Members of the Committee allocate their constituencies money and disguise it as part of the budget process. That cannot be. I have raised this issue for the third time. view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I want to urge this House to reject this list. If we are to go with the 51 Member Committee, let it be a list of totally new Members; Members who have not participated in those irregularities. view