Kirugi Joseph Laiboni M'Mukindia

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 711 to 720 of 904.

• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: I will now call upon the Mover to reply. view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Very well! That is okay! view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Ms. Ndung'u, you still have two minutes, if you wish to make some comments. view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I think that is the right way to do things. I support the view that we should all declare our interest if we have an interest in any matter. So, I fully support what the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs has said. A few things that have happened in this House have made our own integrity questionable. If we make our own integrity questionable, then the integrity of the whole House becomes questionable. A couple of these things have happened, and I agree with the Minister that we should look at ourselves again ... view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: November 1, 206 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3337 How much more are we likely to get out of this? How much burden are we putting on property prices? Who is going to be affected more? Is it the rich or the poor? It is not the rich as the Minister said earlier. It is actually the poor who are going to suffer more. Instead of making the properties available cheaply so that those who are able to move upwards and buy bigger houses or more expensive houses can vacate the houses they live in for the other poorer people to buy or ... view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: We are not giving them credit where it is due. We ought to be giving them, at least, the 1.5 per cent that we have already agreed upon. Why are we not doing that? We are giving them more work. I, therefore, totally oppose this issue of the Capital Gains Tax. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if, indeed, we have to have Capital Gains Tax, why do we not pay tax on bonds and shares? This is where there is very little work by me putting my Kshs1,000 in the bond rather than me building a house and when I want ... view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not see it and, therefore, I oppose it. I wish to raise the issue of competition policy. This issue has been alluded to by a number of hon. Members here. However, I think, perhaps, it did not come out very clearly. People have pointed out the liquor business as an area of concern. Others have alluded to the cigarette business as an area of concern while others have alluded to the oil industry. Having had the privilege of serving as a Minister for Trade in this country, I know that there are people in ... view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we do not have a very clear competition policy or even monopoly policy in this country. I think this is an area that the Minister and his technical people need to look at. Increasingly, and this is unfortunate, questions are going to be raised as to the independence of the decisions that have been made by the Treasury on certain taxation proposals. The reason I say this, like I said, is because it has not been made very clear. However, the allusions are not good for the integrity of this House, the Treasury or the Minister. ... view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to tell the Minister and his team that it is a shame for us to be asked to pass taxation proposals that will ultimately end in killing our own businesses. It goes totally counter to the vision that the President himself launched the other day; Vision 2030. How are we going to achieve Vision 2030 if every indigenous business, when it raises its small head, it is beaten on that head through taxation proposals passed by this House? Is the Minister telling us that his people are not intelligent enough to see through ... view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Sorry, I missed it, but that is totally out of order. If you wish to discuss anybody, you should bring a substantive Motion so that the House can give you leave to do so. So, please, desist. view