Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4941 to 4950 of 5036.

• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. You gave me three minutes, I will try and rush. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: With your indulgence, please. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Let me then state what I have in point form. One, devolution is not about competition between the Senate and the National Assembly. That is a message that needs to be taken very seriously in this country. Neither is it competition between the national Government and county governments; we need each, and every institution that is charged with a role to play it well. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the reason why the National Assembly stated that the Division of Revenue Bill needed to go directly to the President was a matter of law. I think we need the spirit of inclusiveness and co-operation between different institutions; even in that case before the Supreme Court. I am sure we will not be getting to the contents of it because that will be sub judice . The National Assembly, the Senate and the Executive should have gone to say that devolution is something new and we want to look for clarity together. If we adopt ... view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you ask yourself which institution is more needed--- It is like a bird asking which wing is more important, the right wing or the left wing? We need all the institutions. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: seconded. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: 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
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I rise to support the amendment by hon. Priscilla Nyokabi, but before I do so I want to address the fears of hon. Kajwang. If you read the entire description of Clause 59B, where it says “A Member of the Authority, staff or other person having any duty to perform pursuant to any written law relating to any matter under this Act---” this, in itself, is even wider than the small description of “staff” because the staff have a duty to perform under the law that creates the KRA and this particular Act. So, ... view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Having said so, I want to support the amendment by hon. Nyokabi; globally Kenya ranks 164 out of 185 countries in tax compliance because of distortions and leakages due to corruption. The KRA staff themselves are complacent in most of the cases of corruption. A member of staff can tell you that you have defaulted but if you do not want to pay, you can pay something small. In order for us to achieve the objective of this Bill, which is not only to increase revenue collection but also overhaul the entire VAT system and the VAT regime, we must ... view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Therefore, I want to assure hon. Kajwang on the fears that he has. I would like him to read the part that says “---any other person having any duty to perform pursuant to any written law relating to any matter under this Act---”. That is wider than the brief description of “staff”. Staff members are already negligent. There is no need of amending this clause any further. view