Jonathan Lelelit Lati

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 91 to 100 of 547.

• 1 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. It makes sense because interest is an accrual and it should not exceed the tax liability. However, it does not make a lot of sense to have a penalty that exceeds the interest liability. That is still captured in Clause 38 in a better way. Interest accrues. So, there is a reason to put a ceiling on interest so that it does not exceed the tax liability. However, I do not see any reason why a penalty would be more than the tax itself unless it says “payable penalty and interest”, but it says ... view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I wish to thank Hon. Nyokabi for her generosity. Anything that takes us to an open society is a very good thing. I take particular attention to Clause 6, which talks about public interest, which is very important particularly in areas of defence. I do not see how public interest will come in economic issues unless we are trying to protect corruption. There are other things that Hon. Nyokabi should have included in public interest. A few days ago, we were treated to things like sex toys which were procured by the Ministry of ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order. view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was seated in this House when Hon. Mwaura thought that there was no need to debate this Bill any more. It is just very unfair that he is allowed to speak on the same thing that he saw no reason for debate to continue. view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First of all, I have to admit that I did not know that this is possible - that you can put some gadget into vehicles so that you can track dangerous weapons. I say this because if it is possible, I do not understand why we are late, as a country, to get into that kind of system. Everything that is happening in our country today revolves around those illegal arms that are being used in various ways, including terrorism here in the city, crimes in our big cities, cattle rustling and all other ... view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: would not be doing guesswork on who is holding those guns. We would have gotten hold of those guns and they would have helped us in many ways. The guns are being circulated and being used to do all things that you see on television about cattle rustling up in the north. We are now not only having illegal guns that are imported or bought from criminals from Somalia, but there are many arms from the Government that have been taken by force by bandits that are now being used in criminal activities among our innocent citizens. It beats logic ... view
• 14 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. I actually support this Motion. I have been sitting in this House and I have seen Members standing but everybody seems to miss the point of this particular Motion. If you look at this Motion, the purpose of this committee is only one. It is very clear on the Order Paper. It is to inquire and report on the allegations of the skewed and compromised investigations by the Waki Commission and other State and non-State agencies. That is exactly what it will do. I ask my ... view
• 14 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Please allow me to prosecute my case. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on this one, I am not partisan and I know the country is not partisan in one thing. I know that both sides of the House and our country at large have come around on one thing, that the Deputy President, William Ruto, was fixed. We all agree on that. We also agree that this Waki Report and the others that were done by State and non-State agencies were somewhat skewed, and some witnesses were corruptly got, as Hon. Kuria has come out very clearly. With that in mind, ... view
• 14 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: If the Waki Commission and the rest got these witnesses corruptly and if the witnesses are fake as has been alluded to by Members here, including Hon. Kuria, then this committee can help us to discredit these witnesses and help William Ruto. That is one thing that we share. We share that the witnesses were fake and I do not see why we should shield Waki and his team. I do not understand why we should shield Waki. I do not understand why we should make this thing partisan. We are here because our country needs to get the truth. ... view
• 14 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, for allowing me to speak for the first time this morning. Looking at both the Act of Parliament and the amendment, I think both of them are very dangerous, borrowing from what Members have already said here. If you look at the words that they are using here; “officer” or “police officers”, I do not know what idea people here have of having police officers in this House. There is a reason you call somebody who is in charge of keeping order in this House “Serjeant-at-Arms” and not the “Officer Commanding Police Division (OCPD)” ... view