Joseph Kirui Limo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I do not want to repeat what the Leader of the Majority Party has said. I want to concentrate on how the Bill was processed. It was brought in by the Government to reduce the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Kenyans. The President pronounced himself and gave measures to be carried out. In line with financial management, the National Treasury came up with various tax measures to ensure that the issues of supply and demand are addressed. This Bill proposes several measures, among them to cushion Kenyans earning below Kshs24,000 from paying tax. This measure affected the ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Markets Authority, Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya, Kenya Association of Air Operators and the Agricultural Society of Kenya. As the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, while considering the impact of these proposals on Kenyans, we agreed with the National Treasury. It is because there is need to raise more revenue to fund the various measures that are being taken by the Government, which is in line with what the President said. However, if you look at the Bill, some of the proposals were touching on essential commodities. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: I can confirm some issues so that Members can really understand. They do not need to dwell on them for long. We have taken some action to ensure we safeguard both the revenue being raised and the welfare of Kenyans. We have saved Kenyans on essential commodities that are touching on bread, milk and medicaments. There is no increment which will happen on those items because it will cause more problems to Kenyans. The only sector which is still growing despite COVID-19 is general agriculture. Therefore, we have saved fertilisers, all agricultural implements and pesticides from being taxed. They would ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, I beg to move: view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: THAT, the Schedule be amended— view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: (a) in the proposed amendments to the Income Tax Act (Cap. 470), by— view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: (i) deleting the words “five hundred thousand shillings” appearing in the proposed new section 12C (1) and substituting therefor the words “ one million shillings”; view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: The justification for this is that the proposed amendment was to start the threshold from Ksh500,000. The Members of the Committee feel that Ksh500,000 threshold is low. So, we are proposing to move it to Ksh1million and above for turnover tax. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, the section has been proposed as a long list. However, it has several issues. So, I will move one by one. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, I beg to move: view