John Kiarie Waweru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chair. I stand to support the proposal by our Chairman. Rate card is actually an industry practice and because advertising, in general, has gone the route of a rate card, it is in order for us to include this new term on outdoor advertising so that we bring some sanity into how people justify the charges that they put out there for outdoor advertising. I support, Hon. Chairman. 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
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: (Dagoretti South, JP) seconded. view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: (Dagoretti South, JP) seconded. view
• 23 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The issue has been eloquently stated by Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah. I second. view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The opportunity to contribute to this is not taken lightly. I appreciate it. I would also like to commend the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning and the Members for the work that has gone into this. There are quite a number of things that can be said about this year’s Budget. There is quite a lot that can be commended and quite a number of issues that need to be critiqued. I am really happy with the presentation that has been made by the Chairman, especially to ... view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am very well- guided. Thank you for highlighting that for me. I will just put my thoughts across. If there is some time left, I will be magnanimous enough to donate it to any other Member who will be keen to contribute to this, so that I can make time for more Members to contribute. The two issues that I raised earlier were on taxing pensioners and the issue of the digital economy. Where we impose taxes on those two groups of people, we shall be punishing pensioners who are really busy trying to make ... view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: charcoal. How then do we, on one hand, tell Kenyans to not use charcoal and firewood and then go on and impose a very high tax on LPG gas? We are here to legislate. We know that the process of budget-making belongs to Parliament, but we are not here to punish our people. It is about time that this House came to the realisation that we are empowered as Parliament to constitutionally approve the tax variations that are being proposed. I believe that with a good and robust debate, we shall be able to attend to those matters. view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to bring up the issue of zero-rating of flour. In every single Member’s mind here, we all understand that flour is a staple food in this country. We have zero-rated duty on milk and bread. Milk and bread are consumed in urban areas. The staple food for every other Kenyan is flour. So, if we have zero-rated milk and bread which is the cake of the rich, then we have no reason not to zero-rate flour for the person who consumes ugali and chapati as his or her staple food. view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: I remember a Member stood in his place in this House and told us that this Budget is extraordinary for an extraordinary time. So, if we are making a budget for an extraordinary time, I would like to see us debate how we can zero-rate flour just as we zero-rate bread and milk for Kenyans. I am in support of the Chair and the Committee. However, I wanted to put those three things on record so that it goes in the Hansard that we spoke about our pensioners, youth who earn from the digital economy and the women who shall ... view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Much appreciated, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view