John Muriithi Waiganjo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to make my contribution to this very important law. A law that comes to level the political playground between candidates and brings sanity to our elections is crucial. In fact, this comes almost 50 years after our independence and this has been long overdue. It comes by dint of Article 88(4) of the Constitution. These are some of the benefits which, perhaps, we are reaping from the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. I also think that this is a Bill that has borrowed a little from other jurisdictions and there ... view
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: For political parties, this is time they became lawful and behaved with fidelity to the law. The Political Parties Act will come in handy to regulate the manner in which our political parties work. Letting candidates lose without disclosure of funds is what has made leadership in the past become a domain of questionable characters who get into power without clear explanation of how they got their wealth. We are aware that there are people who will look for money from anywhere because nobody will question their sources of the funds. That is where laws like that one of money ... view
• 15 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me an opportunity also to talk to this Bill. I rise to support the Bill. This is actually a very good piece of legislation and it is coming at the right time considering the chaotic nature of the taxpayer and the tax collector in the arbitration of disputes. That Tribunal will join other reknowned tribunals like the Rent Restriction Tribunal which for a long time has brought sanity into the landlord and tenants relationship. Also, the Business Premises Rent Tribunal, the State Corporation Tribunal and the Public Procurement Tribunal. You can count ... view
• 15 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: decisions and the taxpayer would probably move to court, but the Civil Procedure Act was very stringent where matters of stay are concerned. You would find that where there is no exclusive department of tax appeals, a taxpayer would necessarily go to a civil court and it was very difficult to get the stay of execution. Mostly, the decisions of the Commissioner would go unchallenged. So, this is a piece of legislation that also makes litigation very easy because an individual taxpayer without even the benefit of an advocate can approach the Tribunal. The manner of filing this appeal is ... view
• 15 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: country and matters are usually filed after them. You find somebody who would otherwise file a matter at the Rent Restriction Tribunal or the Business Premises Rent Tribunal and, if the tribunal is sitting in Mombasa, they go all the way to Mombasa to file those matters and to get the awards. So, the membership base of that Tribunal should be, at least, 20, which is the maximum, so that they can sit and look into matters of taxation, regulate and bring sanity to the tax regime. With those few remarks, I support the Bill. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to ventilate on this amendment even as we wait for the Wildlife Conservation and Management Bill to come to the House. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I think it is an important amendment considering the fact that we have also to make countrymen responsible. We must also protect our wildlife parks and corridors. You realise that if you tell Kenyans that you will compensate them they may go out of their way to seek that compensation by way of encroaching on the wildlife habitats. So, I think the hon. 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
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Member’s amendment is important to this Motion. I hope it will also be captured in the substantive Bill. Thank you. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. As I support this Motion, I would like to add that it is important to know that the compensation we are talking about hardly comes. In fact, most people who are injured, or even killed do not even bother going for the compensation because the process is difficult; there are no mechanisms for making sure that people are compensated in good time. I also hasten to add that there is need to look at the mechanism for such compensation, so that the quantification can be done depending on the loss of expectation of ... view
• 30 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: No, hon. Speaker. Actually, I was just being strategic but now that I have the microphone--- view