James Kimaru Bett

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: I request my colleague, hon. Ngeno, the Member of Parliament for Emurua Dikirr, to second this Motion. view
• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am glad to contribute to this Finance Bill. However, I am saddened by the low turnout of hon. Members as we debate this Bill. This particular Bill is just as important as the Budget itself and we would have expected to have more contributions. I support this Bill because it broadens the revenue base. We will have more collection from Income Tax, monies put aside as retirement benefits and so on. We have seen that the people who have been most affected in Kenya as we talk of Kenyans being overburdened by tax are the ... view
• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: exempted while the person earning little is not exempted? The removal of that exemption from paying Excise Duty or whatever other tax by virtue of being a State officer is a good thing. Premiums are paid for insurance which in many cases have been diverted to retirement benefits. This, by any language is tax evasion. You do not pay directly, but you hide certain proceeds that should go to certain people in form of insurance premiums which they will eventually enjoy at the end. I am glad that this particular Bill is removing such benefits that may go to such ... view
• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: The Bill, as it is, is pretty good. I am not saying that it cannot be improved, but for starters, it will help us to achieve most of our objectives. It will create equity among the citiznes, so that you do not have any special class of citizens who can, at their leisure, run away from tax. I support. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support this Motion. I would like to thank Hon. James Gakuya for bringing this Motion on disposal as a problem to this House. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: I would like to say that the problem he is experiencing in Dandora and the larger part of Nairobi County which include solid waste disposal, liquid waste disposal and to a big extent the noise--- Considering that we have the UNEP Headquarters in Gigiri, Nairobi, I suggest that it should join hands with NEMA and the relevant Government departments like the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources so that they come up methods and structures of these wastes can be managed. view
• 11 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I also want to thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to contribute on the role of governors. I just want to ask Kenyans the following question: Between CDF and county governments, which is the best form of devolution? Which money reaches the ordinary mwananchi most? I also want to ask the governors that when they are given the money, who told them they must buy ten Prados for the ten executive officers at once? What can they not buy them in phases? I want to challenge the governors. I want to join my colleagues ... view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Speaker, Sir. view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Yes, Sir. view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I do not have the document with me here today. Maybe, I will present next time. view