John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairman. I support although there are certain provisions there that could have agreed with the National Treasury. Maybe going forward, for example, the subscriptions paid by employers on behalf of employees for being members of clubs are luxuries which should be taxed. Going forward, I urge the Committee that they should reconsider some of these things. These are luxuries which over the years have been left untaxed but they should be taxed. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: However, Hon. Chairman, because of what we want to achieve, I support. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairman. Just two quick things: It is true that retirement benefits are taxed but they should be taxed at the point of retirement. If you bring it to taxation at this point, you will be double taxing the same individual. Secondly, on the issue of bonds, we must make them as cheap as possible. The moment you start taxing bonds, for people to accept to buy them, the Government has to increase or give higher rates of return, which in effect will impact on the taxpayers you want to protect. No one will accept to shed off ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, you remember in 2013 the Treasury came up with all these amendments, and I brought another amendment which I am happy Hon. Duale and his team supported. These are the same items that we removed from the tax bracket. Now, the Treasury is trying to bring them back, including my handmade fishing nets. So, I am happy and I want to thank this Committee. You were diligent. You were spot on. You have stood for the people of Kenya. We support you and we support this amendment. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, first, I plead with my former classmate Hon. Musimba, that I was one person who led the onslaught against the usage of this Fund to manage operations. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, we must accept that then we were of the opinion that the running of the railway was normal and that there was importation of goods coming through Mombasa which could be transported by this railway and with efficiency, it could pay itself. However, it is not possible right now. If you want that railway to pay itself, how will it do it if it cannot ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. This is legalised bribery but we should be moderate in bribing citizens by giving information. By the way, as Hon. Otiende said, the Chair should be very clear. If you report, say only 10 million, 5 per cent of 10 million is such a small amount. The law puts it as either 5 per cent or 2 million. If you extend it to 5 milion, you will report only 10 milion and you want 5 million back, it does not make sense. In fact, the Committee should have recommended a deletion to remove that 2 ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I am persuaded to agree with Hon. T.J. Kajwang’. Remember we are receiving the Finance Bill next week and we have up to 30th June to deal with it. We have sufficient time, about two months. This Tax Laws (Amendments) Bill was an emergency law. I do not see why the Committee is struggling to introduce new issues to this law, which did not even come from the Executive and have no serious connection to the matter at hand. I am asking that these things be deferred so that we deal with them constructively another time ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Treat my comment as opposing. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, first I want to recognise and observe that the Speaker had made a ruling on this matter. Although I do not agree with it, he made a ruling that we discuss this matter. Therefore, I want to persuade this 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
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: House that we defeat this amendment. Instead of asking you for a ruling, we defeat it. I want to give two reasons. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to persuade this House not to fall into the temptation of believing the Chair that this amendment is for tenants. This amendment is going to bring anarchy. Can I just give a hypothetical example? What this law is saying is that anybody who has a loan now can decide even if you have the capacity to pay not to pay and if you pay... That is a landlord and not even a ... view