Joseph Mburu Kahangara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to add my voice to what other members have said. Indeed, we have seen issues of moral decay in our schools. I thank the Member who has brought the Motion about deploying and ensuring that we have chaplains in our schools. Although this has been happening, I think the main problem is that the chaplaincy has been absent. We are all aware that we have the sponsors in our schools, who are either the churches or the Muslims and their mosques. However, besides being given the responsibility of looking after those institutions, ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Finance Bill by the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. I will touch on a few areas. I will start with the VAT exemptions. One is on raw materials used for production of animal feeds. This country relies too much on agriculture because we have farmers in Lari and in other areas across the country. When our farmers produce milk and take it to the factories, at the end of the day, they are not able to break even. If we bring down the production cost of animal ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: However, I take exception to a comment that was made by one of the Hon. Members who spoke earlier when he talked about a few animals which are kept in pens and that it looks like the Finance Bill is targeting a very small community of this country. I want to remind the Hon. Member that, indeed, previously, we have seen the Government coming in to save the KMC by coming up with abattoirs around the country to deal with the large-scale farmers who are dependent on meat production. This is the case and yet we have not heard complaints ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, exempting Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) from VAT is quite encouraging. It encourages our people to use LPG for cooking. This will help us in saving the environment and our forests. Of course, we know the kind of gases that are emitted from the use of kerosene. However, for a Kenyan to buy a six kilogramme gas, it costs about Kshs600 but the cylinder and the burner cost slightly over Kshs3,000. That means that you may exempt VAT from the gas but Kenyans cannot afford the cylinders. As one Hon. Member said earlier on, it will be ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: I take exception to the issue of the Excise Duty on kerosene. The reason being advanced for this is adulteration of petrol. However, on the other side, we find that the common Kenyan is the one who is not being taken care of. Many Kenyans in rural areas, where the Jubilee 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
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Government is doing a lot to provide cheap electricity have not been connected with the same. That means that beside Kenyans using kerosene for cooking, they also use it for lighting. When we increase Excise Duty on the same, it means that the common Kenyan in the village is being hurt. This is something that the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade needs to look at. I believe we have laws in this country and what we lack is enforcement. Adulteration occurs because somebody is sleeping somewhere. We need enforcement but we cannot go ahead and ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: On the issue of the equipment used in the construction of specialised hospitals, we all know that in our constituencies, we are invited for Harambees every other day because we have sick Kenyans who have to go to India for cancer and heart treatment and kidney transplants. If we are able to set up those hospitals here, it will mean that the cost will go down and it will help many Kenyans. In that case, I support the same. view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: On the tax procedures, we are talking about encouraging owners of businesses to come back to this country. We know the problem of unemployment. I am sure each and every one of us here and anybody going for any elective position, knows that one of the thorny issues that comes up every other time is the unemployed youth. Over 70 per cent of Kenyans are young people and probably, slightly over 50 per cent of them are not employed. If we encourage investors to come back to this country, it means we will create more job opportunities for our people. ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to inform the Chair that we need to bring amendments which will control and take care of Kenyans. A lot has happened and many Kenyans are, indeed, crying over the irregularities and what has happened in the banking sector view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: To wind up, I add my voice to the members here and Kenyans out there who are beseeching the President to assent to the Bill that deals with interest rates because that is what Kenyans want. What is unfortunate, and we have seen it is that when banks collapse, it is the common man who is fleeced. If the interest rates come down, it means that many Kenyans will access credit and we will avoid shylocks and pyramid schemes. The cry we have in our homestead will also come to an end. view