Tom Joseph Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in Uganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda and even our neighbour here Tanzania, they do not impose VAT taxes on vegetable seeds. So, what happens? People are now going to Uganda to import vegetable seeds across Busia and bringing back karafu . That is another language to describe what we thought had gone down in Busia but now karafu in vegetable seeds is coming back in Busia. This is a terrible indictment, in my view, of the Jubilee Government although I heard the Member for Gatundu praising the Jubilee Government by saying that they are going to do this ... view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: So, what has happened? You go to Mwea, for example, and you will find that farmers are now not growing tomatoes. Well, they are not taking the improved variety of tomatoes. They are saying they are going to grow what is there and what is there are discussions that the local breed that we have is in fact related to such ailments like cancer and so forth. So, we have to get these things done. view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the solution of raising revenue is not on imposing tax on basic commodities, it is on widening the tax bracket. Come to Nairobi, for example, and think of so many businesses that happen here like the mitumba one and the kiosks that we have, if only the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) would find a way of bringing these people to the tax bracket, it would be good. It is not difficult because these people have Personal Identification Numbers (PIN). If they do not have PIN, they have telephone numbers. Even Mama Mboga has a mobile phone. ... view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: So, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to persuade Mbadi, and I think this now does not need persuasion because I see the mood of the House is sufficiently clear that we want to go this direction, that when it comes to the Committee Stage that we look at the Fifth Schedule and include vegetable seeds in the amendments that we are seeking and some others that Members have proposed. view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I wanted to urge the Jubilee Government, with a lot of humility, that there was once this person who sat on a tree and he was sitting pretty on the branch of the tree. However, the fellow was busy cutting the branch on which he sat and he cut and before he knew it, the branch plus the saw with which he was cutting went down with him. Other people call him an unwise person; other people call him a foolish person. The Jubilee Government should know that they are sitting on that branch and they may go down with ... view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, however, if that is not enough there is also this saying which they should know: “The occupant of State House right now is really a tenant and if he fails to pay rent the way he is doing, the landlords of this country will chase him out of that House.” Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I ask all of us because we are affected in one way or the other to be united on this and adopt a non-partisan approach and support this Bill unequivocally. view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not want to poison a very good debate. This debate has been very healthy and we have had a bipartisan approach. I think hon. Members from your left and you are right are decided on how they want to push this Bill. So, I want to talk very kindly and very politely. I referred to a person who 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: is sitting on a tree and is busy cutting the branch on which he sits. But you see, this person considered himself very wise and I think he was wise. He was wise until he fell with the branch. I want to withdraw unequivocally. view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to withdraw unequivocally the fact that I referred to anybody as unwise. I know that, that person was very wise until he fell with the branch. view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, this is a Committee of the whole House assembled to consider the Marriage Bill (National Assembly Bill No.13 of 2013). The time now is about 6.30 p.m. view