Tom Joseph Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on account of relevance, I listened to the Leader of the Majority Party explain this Bill very well. It was seconded very well by the Member for Homa Bay Town. We are being treated to instances that are happening in the greater Rift Valley, especially in Uasin Gishu and so on. You are being asked to remember some scenes which are not on the Floor of the House concerning some people that have been mentioned. How relevant would those submissions be to the Bill that is before us? Hon. Pukose is my friend and a person ... view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: At last, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me to wind up the argument. It has well been buttressed by speakers before me. They have said much of what I would have said. I came as the watchman of Wanjiku, because the knee of the government was on the neck of Wanjiku on this unga business. So I came to only speak about view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: . I thought it was immoral that in a pandemic like this, one would ever want to put VAT on maize. What is the value added in maize that would make somebody increase taxes on it to raise its price? Maize is now Khs100 getting to Ksh120 per one kilogramme. Would somebody be mad when our people all over are asking for donations? You go to your constituency and people tell you coronavirus is killing them and they want unga . They want to eat. Who in his little mind would think that legislators would pass such a thing? The ... view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: express highway and an investor has put money on it, you pay because that is your choice. But for people who use roads like I when going to Ruaraka, you should not expect me to pay tax every day. What you are doing is being lazy, picking tax from people because they drive. What should have been done… view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: No, I do not want information. We have been here for too long. view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: No, it is a point of information. He has to first ask if I want information. view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: He is a man I respect, so I will take his information. view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you. I am well advised. Precisely this is my point: You have not built an expressway and you are here with legislation today. When I drive out of Parliament this evening, there is nothing called an express highway. It is still in the design books. And somebody brings legislation. What you should have done, my respected Chair, is to lay the infrastructure first. Get it done; make it the express highway that it should be. For example, you can drive from Entebbe to Mukono on the expressway done by the Chinese. And, of course, if they are charging a ... view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: to wait for the courts to decide. You must have a Finance Bill. Before then, you cannot appropriate what you are doing here. So, maybe it is because we now have a new Chair who is alive to some of these constitutional things and I think, we will have better times in this Chamber. What I only want to ask the Chair to desist from is this: do not bring legislations under the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) to the Finance Act. Go to the Acts themselves. Look at them properly, and make those amendments in their respective pieces of legislations. ... view
• 6 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I request for a Statement pursuant to Standing Order No.44 (2) (c) on tax evasion and repackaging of alcoholic beverages. Pursuant to Standing Order No.44 (2) (c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on tax evasion and repackaging of alcoholic beverages by several companies in the country. We recognise the impact of public and private sector investments to the economic growth of this country. It is evident that import businesses generate significant revenue in terms of import and custom taxes. However, in the last ... view