Hon Jonah Mburu Mwangi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 21 to 30 of 165.

• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: The other part that my good friend has also spoken about is the issue of distress. We have found that many landlords have used very uncouth means or ways of distressing tenants. You will find that maybe they lock you inside or they lock the house when you are at work. You will come in the middle of the night and find your house locked with five padlocks and you have no access to it. Maybe, you had a small delay in paying rent, which will cost you a lot because you have to look for the landlord. You might ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: percentages that will always press the tenants. I will bring amendments during the Committee of the whole House stage on how late payments should be handled. This is because the Bill clearly says you can give notice of termination of the contract or agreement three months before the tenancy has expired, but issues of late payment and percentages of interest are very worrying. This is because most of the landlords have a lot of power over their tenants and they will always press you. In Kenya, we are sure that there is no standard date when people are paid their ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to support this Bill. As a landlord now and a tenant before, I think I am coherent with the Bill because it is bringing a good balance between the landlords and tenants. There are only a few areas of concern as Madam Millie has said, like the issue of goodwill for business premises. This has been very chaotic in this city whereby a person builds a house and before any tenant enters, they ask for Kshs2 or 3 million as goodwill. I think this is not fair to the ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: I wish this Bill could elaborate more on the issue of goodwill. I believe in the Third Reading, an amendment will be brought so that the issue of goodwill can be captured by the tribunal. I am also happy about the tribunal’s three months’ time period to resolve disputes. This is because some of those tenant-landlord disputes can take way too long. You may have items left in a premise and resolving the rent dispute takes too long and maybe the tenant wants to use the same items in another premise where he has no dispute, but the landlord has ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: The other part that my good friend has also spoken about is the issue of distress. We have found that many landlords have used very uncouth means or ways of distressing tenants. You will find that maybe they lock you inside or they lock the house when you are at work. You will come in the middle of the night and find your house locked with five padlocks and you have no access to it. Maybe, you had a small delay in paying rent, which will cost you a lot because you have to look for the landlord. You might ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: is because most of the landlords have a lot of power over their tenants and they will always press you. In Kenya, we are sure that there is no standard date when people are paid their salaries. Maybe in your contract, you have been told that you will receive your salary on the 1st day of the preceding month but even in Government institutions, salaries will delay. Maybe your salary will hit the account by 10th and, because of the prevailing economic situation; others may hit the accounts even by 15th. However, because you have an agreement that has said ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the chance to also contribute to the Finance Bill. view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: First of all, I take this chance to congratulate the Committee which is headed by Hon. Gladys Wanga and Vice-Chair, Hon. Waihenya Ndirangu. I am very glad because they have brought in many things which will help mwananchi without raising VAT. Bread will be zero-rated. I have seen their tax rebates for NHIF. People who will be paying at least Ksh5,000 will get tax rebates of up to 15 per cent. I congratulate them very much. view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: I am also very happy about the apprentices who will come from TVET institutions. We have only been receiving tax rebates for apprentices in the universities. The employers of apprentices from TVET institutions will be receiving tax rebates which is a great thing. I congratulate the Committee for looking into that. view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: The other part that I congratulate the Committee very much is to curb the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for the National Treasury not to increase VAT, if those proposals do not come from this House. That will control the CS, so that taxes are not increased arbitrarily. I congratulate the Committee for doing that. view