John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in the repealed Act the people of Kenya in their own wisdom decided to exempt the fishing nets of manmade textile materials but when we came with the current law we then removed the exemption and subjected these nets to 16 per cent. I am seeking to revert this so that we have the fishing nets exempted from VAT so that our fishermen and fisherwomen now have nets that are cheaper. They can buy nets which are cheaper and this will help because a lot of complaints have been expressed with regard to using wrong fishing ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: and other lakes in the country. If we make these nets affordable then there will be no urge to go for cheaper and inappropriate nets. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other one is mosquito nets. Those of us who come from areas that are so prone to malaria will tell you that mosquito nets are actually essential and necessary commodities. The draft Bill therefore seeks to amend the First Schedule also of the VAT Act to exempt mosquito nets which were previously exempt but now is subjected to 16 per cent VAT. This will help to reduce malaria which is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in Kenya. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other sector is the dairy sector and it commands an output of about Kshs15.4 billion. These are based on statistics and research that has been conducted over the years. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Milk is very important in the food basket of the lower income groups. As you will remember, when the new VAT law came into place, the three most complained about commodities were bread, milk and unga. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we know that the demand for milk is inelastic. Those of us who have taken very basic courses in economics know that the demand for milk is inelastic. Regardless of the price, people will still go for milk. Therefore, the moment you make milk expensive, you make life very difficult and unbearable to the people of Kenya. A price change in this product is nearly as sensitive as a change in matatu fares and rent. Therefore, changing the price of milk can greatly affect the cost of living among the lower income groups. Even though the ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: the item form VAT, because it is in the same category as infant milk. We all know what infant milk is all about. It is a sensitive product together with other milk types. This will also help in simplifying tax administration. Let me explain that. By simplifying tax administration, I mean that the moment you leave ambiguity in terms of taxing of items, then you automatically make it complicated and you give room for corruption. Tax authorities can easily interpret law, whichever way they want, for their own benefit. Therefore, if you want to exempt milk items, exempt all the ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: When I talk of initially, I refer to the VAT law that was repealed in August. This is a very small portion of the road-using motor vehicles, hence, exempting them from VAT would have minimal effect on revenue relative to the imputed social and economic benefits. We all know the social and economic benefits of ambulances. This will enable even our county governments to buy ambulances cheaply and put them in hospitals, so that those in the rural areas, or even in towns, who fall sick abruptly, can be transported to the nearest hospitals with ease. We need more ambulances ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: about the ambulances to ferry the sick and the hearses that transport the deceased. I have just explained why I have also considered the transport of the deceased as important. Now I move to credit reference bureau services. The Bill proposes to exempt credit reference bureau services under the First Schedule to the Act. Most financial services are exempt from VAT under the current law. Credit reference bureau services are an integral part of lending services, hence the need to exempt them as well. Now I move to sanitary and pests control services provided to households. This service may appear ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: The other issue that I wanted to raise is with regard to supply of water drilling services. These services were exempt from VAT under the old law, but are currently subject to VAT. The biggest percentage of the land mass of this country is either arid or semi arid. Provision of clean drinking water is a constitutional requirement. We have had cases of people suffering because they could not even get water to drink in Turkana County. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Ukambani region, where you come from; is very dry. Suba area is equally dry. There are many dry areas ... view