John Sakwa Bunyasi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was keen on saying something. It is not possible statistically that by signing this Treaty, we can move from 18 to 34 per cent. Remember we are declining from 23 to 18 per cent. However, that is not what I stood to say. I support this Motion strongly. It clearly expands the physical space for the KRA to collect more. You have seen the examples from other countries. Although it is greater than the annual subscription, it is not very big. It is in the order of magnitude of $1 million, $2 million and for ... view
• 5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Kenya has been much at the forefront. The kinds of nets that are being put in place will help this country to reduce those kinds of laws. Hon. Speaker, what tends to happen in many of these international agreements is that sometimes the weaker countries become simply sources of data and the return flow of information does not flow as smoothly as it is expected in the instruments that are agreed upon and deposited within the protocol. So, I hope that Kenya robustly plays its role and pushes the fact that this relationship must be two way. If we become ... view
• 5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we have been declining and when we hit 23 per cent, we celebrated. We have been declining for a long time to 17 per cent. I am glad to hear that we are now at 18 per cent. If we can inch back, that will be very useful for our development goals. To allow information to be shared and hopefully used is good. It is one thing to get information, but another to work on it. I would like to urge the KRA - I understand that particularly now they are working hard to expand the tax net ... view
• 5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support this and whole heartedly pray that the House ratifies the instruments. view
• 5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is an area in which I am very passionate about. I used the ferries across the Likoni Channel when I was a student in Mombasa and I use them to date. You would simply cross on the ferry back and forth. It was safe. Each mounting cost Kshs1. It was a lot safer. I think a lot more has happened. One of it must be that there is total lack of ferry safety inspection by agencies that can decommission the use of a ferry if it is not seaworthy. I am beginning to ... view
• 5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: In the olden days, there used to be some payment. It was only a shilling in our days. Some cost recovery was helpful if the Government is unable to fund it fully. We know the Governments do not fund fully where the payment is totally on taxes. It is more like it is doing a favour to citizens. You cannot question it because the Government is paying forgetting that the Government paying is the taxpayer footing his or her own cost. I think we have some way to go. This is an example of areas where, with what is within ... view
• 5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This, indeed, is a very weighty Motion. Whereas we have had the extremes of disasters as happened in West Pokot, my condolences go to the many families that have lost lives, many have been displaced and many of those whose lives will be almost permanently disrupted and changed. Special condolences should go to the people of West Pokot. view
• 5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Climate change is a general problem. We describe it in blanket terms, but at the back of every incident, there is a family that has been displaced. There is a family that loses a loved one and we know that this is ravaging many parts of the world. I have a constituent of Nambale who drowned in Uganda while he was doing scientific work on one of the dams. We have not been able to locate the body up to now. It is not easy. In respect of my constituency, this might be descriptive of areas where the nature of ... view