John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As I second, I want to say that this is a very crucial Committee because it prioritises, arranges and plans the business and affairs of this House in general. The Members we are proposing to sit in this Committee are the same ones who were in the last Session. As the Leader of the Majority Party has said, it is true that these Members demonstrated commitment to their work. This is one of the Committees that have the highest attendance in terms of regularity of Members attending the meetings. Looking at the names, there is not ... view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me also take the cue by thanking Members for having followed or taken heed to come for this Special Sitting or Special Sittings as were gazetted by you. You can see the turnout is very impressive. When these 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 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Sittings were called, I was doubtful whether we would raise this number of quorum. I think this is commendable. I congratulate my colleagues. There is nothing much to say in seconding this Motion. This is basically a Procedural Motion. The Leader of the Majority Party has clearly stated why it is necessary. I think we need to take advantage of this Sitting so that we do not prolong or call another Sitting. Hon. Speaker, Members want to have time with their families. Some of us had to cut short our holidays to come back and transact business. I am sure ... view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Again, looking at the Order Paper, Members will realise that we have three major items. These are all critical. We need to approve the statutory instruments on VAT so that it is operationalised legally. Again, we are all aware of how the world of athletics is more concerned on anti-doping. One of the things that have made Kenya very popular worldwide is athletics. We do not want to be caught on the wrong side of the world athletics body. So, we need to dispose of this. Finally, is the Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill. On these three ... view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker. I am rising under Standing Order No. 95 to request that the Mover be called upon to reply. You can see the only people who want to contribute are those who were not in the House. Therefore, let us kindly call upon the Mover to reply. view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to support the Bill. view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: First, you will remember that when COVID- 19 hit us early this year people were in a panic mode. We did not know what to do including the Government. When the Executive made pronouncements regarding the various intervention strategies that would be employed to help cushion the economy and help the country in dealing with the effects of COVID-19, one of those measures included various proposals in adjusting the tax rates. The VAT was one of them. Others were the Corporate Tax and the individual tax rates. Those were taxes that were proposed for adjustment to the benefit of Kenyans. ... view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I know many people have asked whether it was the right decision to reduce the tax rate of individuals especially those who were earning the upper bracket. I would answer this by saying that unless you take your time to actually understand why it was necessary to reduce the tax rate at that time, then you may not see the benefits. The main reason why the tax rates were reduced was we were staring at drying up of liquidity in the economy when most of the companies were reducing staff. Some were actually reducing the number of ... view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: I do not think the question that Kenyans are debating out there regarding what we are doing this morning - and we are likely to do this afternoon - is not whether to revert to the rates that were there before COVID-19. This is because even when we were debating here, we were in agreement that this is a short-term measure to help cushion the economy, cushion individuals, increase liquidity and put more money into our pockets for a period of time and then we revert when things are different. I think what Kenyans are probably debating is the timing ... view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: to help get us to some level where now individuals will say we can survive moving forward. Whenever you are adjusting tax rates to the disadvantage of individuals, you must work on a plan to support the same individuals, maybe not the same earners but some Kenyans. Therefore, when we were debating whether VAT should be reduced or not and whether we should reduce the rate of taxation, many of us spoke about the Government failing to direct resources to the less privileged and disadvantaged Kenyans. I must admit that the Government has made some effort. If you stand here ... view