Joseph Kirui Limo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: I am talking about how public participation came in. I know that you are an academician who is very organised. When I come to the main body, I will give you more details on each of the three areas. When we advertised, we received several memoranda. Our Committee went ahead and planned for stakeholder consultation which was done between 2nd and 5th May 2019. We called stakeholders who had given us memoranda plus others to come and present to us in details what their memoranda were all about. On 3rd and 4th May, various organisations presented before us. I want ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: The Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) commissioners accompanied by senior officers from Parliament also came to present on the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act which is an amendment to Section 2(1). We also had a group of power generators companies who came to present on the VAT Act. The Agro-Chemical Association of Kenya and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) also came to present on the VAT Act. We also had a presentation from Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (KPMG) Audit Services Limited Work and Coulson Harney LLP law firm on VAT Act. The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) presented on VAT Act, ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: I now come to the main amendment which was carried. I will start straight away with the PFM Act. The amendment seeks to amend Section 2(1) of the PFM Act, 2012 to re-define what accounting officer means in reference to the PSC. When the Constitution was changed in 2010, it introduced bicameral Parliament which involves the Senate and the National assembly. Currently, we have two accounting officers in Parliament: Clerk of the National Assembly for matters relating to the National Assembly and the Clerk of the Senate who is the accounting The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: officer on matters touching on the Senate, as well as PSC. There is a room in between which is referred to as the Joint Services or common areas which include catering and health services. During the presentation by the PSC, the commissioners, in many instances, said that it was difficult to manage those joint services. If they have to manage them efficiently, they require somebody who is given the responsibility and authority to manage them. Therefore, that particular person will concentrate on those key areas which offer services to the Members. The PSC presented that they require some power to ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: There is also another important body which many Members do not know about. There is a training centre in Parliament called the Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Training (CPST) which is in charge of capacity building for Members of Parliament and of county governments. They offer capacity building to county governments, especially county assemblies. Therefore, they still operate under the same situation. No one is squarely responsible but the institution is supposed to be efficient. The PSC feels that they should be given some leeway to give that institution more authority and responsibility. Therefore, they feel that we should support ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: There is also an amendment on VAT Act. Since 2017, the National Treasury and KRA introduced withholding tax. When you do some work which attracts VAT at 16 per cent, when you are getting payment, the person who is paying you is required to withhold 6 per cent and only pay 10 per cent. That 6 per cent is withheld and forwarded directly to KRA. That was for intelligence purposes, so that the tax collector will detect that a certain person offered service which attracted VAT. Therefore, if you fail to remit the balance which is 10 per cent, they ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Although the amendment on the Micro Finance Bill has been withdrawn, the intention was to introduce… 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
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand guided. The amendment has been withdrawn and, therefore, I will not address it. Basically, those were the main areas of focus of the amendments on the Public Finance Management Act and the Value Added Tax Act. Therefore, I hope my contribution will guide Members’ contributions on these amendments. view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I support and urge Members to support the amendments. view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as much as we want to give Hon. Chris Wamalwa the respect he deserves, we have to also make it clear that this amendment does not amend the Constitution as you have rightly said. I want to clarify one point which he has stated that there was no leadership from the Senate which was represented. I confirm that during stakeholder consultation, the PSC was accompanied by senior officers from both Houses of Parliament. The National Assembly was represented by the Clerk and the Senate was represented by the Deputy Clerk of the Senate. On the issue ... view