Jude L. Kangethe Njomo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, there have been claims that KRA may be overwhelmed in performing this duty. During the preparation of this Bill, when this matter was first raised, I wrote a letter to the Commissioner-General of KRA who wrote back to me saying he is in a position to collect and remit the same in a timely fashion. There is also another notion being brought that KRA will assess and even put penalties. In this case, what we are doing is making KRA an agent of NITA. They are specialised in collecting The electronic version of the Official Hansard ... view
• 9 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: levies and taxes. So, they will act as agents of NITA and will only be paid a commission for the work done. Otherwise, they will only collect what has been validated by the Act and penalise according to it. So, this is not going to present any problem. I even have a letter from the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) who are also using KRA as their agent. They have confirmed that levies are collected and remitted in good time. view
• 9 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: The idea that KRA cannot perform this is very far-fetched. They will do it and remit the revenue collected in a timely fashion. The fear that we are going to strip naked the responsibilities of NITA is also far-fetched. The core business of NITA is to come up with trainings and curricula which will curve out our technical people and youth to be specialists in the work they do. We need people who are specialists such as welders and electricians; people who are good in terms of what they do because of technical training. So, if they let those who ... view
• 9 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: There is also a proposal that some of this money will go into making our TVET institutions better equipped so as to perform better. We know the Government has provided a TVET institution in every constituency. So, what will happen if we do not take care of our TVETs? After the levies have been collected, some of the money will go into improving our TVETs right in our villages where they have been built so as to provide training to our youth. In every corner of our country, we shall have carpenters, welders and electricians who are well-trained to perform ... view
• 9 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I beg to move: THAT, Clause 3 of the Bill be amended in the proposed new Section 5B by deleting sub- clause (5). Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the justification for this is that we do not want to increase the levy because once we improve the performance and get 100 per cent remittance of this levy, we will not need to increase the amount levied to our employer, especially at this time when our economy is not doing well as it is still trying to recover from the effects of COVID-19. It would be ... view
• 9 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. There are several issues here. One is about how the money will be spent once it is collected. I want to clear the air because I do not think what Hon. Sossion has told us is factual. When NITA collects the money, it does not only use it to train members who are employed by the employer. Before it became the National Industrial Training Authority, it used to be called the Directorate of Industrial The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be ... view
• 9 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Training (DIT). Many people, including myself, were trained by our prospective employers even before joining employment. That is how we obtained training. Many employers have benefited from the services of people who have been trained in these technical training institutions. Those are the people currently working in industries. So, employers should be ready to also give back to the society by contributing part of the collections. It is just 20 per cent which will be used by TVET institutions, which we have built. It will not be given out. It will be loaned to students through HELB, so that they ... view
• 9 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: I just wanted to emphasise on this fact. view
• 9 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this particular clause is amending the KRA Act by giving it authority to collect levies on behalf of NITA. So, after having passed all the others, this is a natural consequence of the amendments we have done giving authority to KRA. So, it does not make sense to oppose this particular amendment after we had accepted the others. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 9 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move that the Committee do report to the House its considerations of the Industrial Training (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.4 of 2019) and its approval thereof with amendments. view