Tom Joseph Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you. Leader of Minority Party. view
• 20 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, having concluded the business appearing under Order No.9, this House stands adjourned until Tuesday, 25th March, 2014, at 2.30 pm. The House rose at 8.10 pm 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
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for allowing me also to add my voice to the debate on the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill. I think hon. Mbadi is one of those legislators who have come of age to know that other than cry about mandarins in Treasury, the duty of enacting laws and changing them is vested in the National Assembly and we have the authority to do something about it. I think he has impressively done it by bringing this Bill before us for discussion. I am also impressed by the general tenor of participation from the Members ... view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I think that the spirit that I see coming from both sides of the House should help us facilitate Mbadi’s Bill so that we not only pass it the way it is but also with the various amendments that Members are proposing in it so that we return wananchi to where they belong. view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I represent some of the lowest income groups in this country and like my friend and colleague, Madam Shebesh will tell you, in Nairobi we represent Mama Mboga, Mama Orenge and some of those people who would not survive--- view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have a lingo in Nairobi of view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Is that parliamentary hon. “TJ”? view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: It is a term that describes some of the things that you do not eat in the rural areas but we eat them here. This is because hooves of cows in the rural areas are thought to be issues of witchcraft but here we use them as food. So, coming from that background, I want to support this Bill unequivocally because it speaks to the shopping basket that an ordinary woman walks with from a kiosk when she comes home. view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Many of us have given different examples. I want to add one thing that nobody has spoken about, which is vegetable seed. You see the Fifth Schedule exempts vegetables but it does not exempt vegetable seeds. In my research, I have found out to your delight that vegetable seeds like those of carrots, sukuma wiki, cabbages, capsicum and various forms of vegetables must be imported. Why? This is because they are called daylight sensitive crops. In the tropics, they cannot be grown locally. The improved seeds even of tomato cannot be availed locally because here in the tropics we only ... view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: So, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when therefore you have VAT imposed on vegetable seeds, you are directly threatening importation of seeds. You are reducing agricultural production. You are reducing income of farmers who rely on vegetables and even consumers in the value chain. You are directly threatening food security in this country. In fact, you are actually a threat to subsidy programmes that this Government has promised Kenyans. view