29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
(a) unless the officer is returning to Kenya from a posting in Kenya’s mission abroad upon recall;
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29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
(b) unless, in the case of an officer’s spouse, the spouse accompanied the officer in the foreign mission and is returning with the officer;
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29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
(c) if the officer or the spouse has either enjoyed a similar privilege within the previous four years from the date of importation or has imported a motor vehicle free of duty under item 6 of Part A of this Schedule;
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29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
(d) unless the vehicle is imported within ninety days of the date of arrival of the officer or spouse or such longer period, not exceeding three hundred and sixty days from such arrival as the Commissioner may allow; and,
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29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
(e) to a State officer. This amendment is specifically for our returning diplomats, Kenyans who have served in our missions abroad. The reason why we are asking that they import one motor vehicle exempted from Value Added Tax is because we appreciate the excellent work that our diplomats are doing in foreign countries. We should strive to motivate them and help them to mitigate such challenges. I am giving the reasons why I am proposing this amendment. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, in the Foreign Service regulations, those serving in our missions are provided with transport for official and personal use ...
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29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Most obliged, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. My amendments are on pages1027 and 1028 of the Supplementary Order Paper. I was talking of the officers who are serving in our foreign missions. They do an excellent job - diplomatic service for that matter. They serve all Kenyans with great dedication. Therefore, Hon. Members, it will not be asking much, as a token of appreciation, considering the exceptional jurisdiction that many of these officers serve, when we say that they should be given a chance to import one vehicle exempted from Value Added Tax when they are returning home after their service ...
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29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, if Members read the amendment very well, they will realise it says, “… a public officer returning from a posting in Kenya’s mission abroad and a motor vehicle by his or her spouse and which is not exempted…” So, for the spouse, it is not exempted. It is the officer’s vehicle which is exempted.
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28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations on the inspection visit to Kenya’s diplomatic missions. Thank you.
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28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:
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28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations on the inspection visit to Kenya’s diplomatic missions, laid on the Table of the House today.
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