Lewis Nguyai

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: (b) Compensation of staff will be made on the scope of cover provided under the insurance policy issued to the affected lodges and camps. My Ministry will ensure that is done. view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, obviously, tax waivers can only be given according to the VAT Act. The Eighth Schedule of the VAT Act provides for special goods that are zero-rated. Item 10 of the schedule provides for zero-rating of materials and equipment in use for construction and refurbishment of tourist hotels. I would like to quote it. It states that:- “All materials and equipment, excluding motor vehicles and goods for repair and maintenance--- “bla bla bla” shall be exempt for duty”. So, as far as construction equipment is concerned, the tax waiver is there. view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I withdraw and apologise. I replaced the content of the whole excerpt with et cetera. view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not have the specific provisions of the cover provided to ensure that the staff get compensated. But I would like to assure the hon. Member that we will look into the provisions of the insurance cover and ensure that anybody who qualifies to be compensated will be compensated. However, if the Member would want to get information on the provisions of the Insurance Act, we will provide that information and then we can interrogate anything further on a different Question. view
• 6 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to apologize because I have a pretty substantive answer but it does not answer one part which addresses the amounts owed as per today. I have consulted with the hon. Member and he has agreed to give me more time to interrogate the relevant council and get the appropriate information. I have been trying to get this information for the last two days. They are saying that they are compiling it. They have said that it will probably take another one week. So, I had agreed with the hon. Member that we ... view
• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that auctioneers acting on instructions of the National Bank of Kenya have already advertised for sale by public auction of Lumumba Estate in Kisumu Municipality on 2nd July, 2010, on an alleged default of a loan repayment by the council. (b) The National Bank of Kenya advanced the Council Kshs3 million overdraft in 1990 after the approval of such a facility by the Ministry and was advanced when the council had problems in paying salaries. The overdraft became unmanageable, then standing at Kshs11 million as at ... view
• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the law is not applied retroactively. It is applied from the date on which it was passed. By that time, the loan had obviously accumulated to a certain amount. That is what eventually becomes the principal, that cannot be doubled over and above. view
• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, while the Government has shares in National Bank of Kenya (NBK), we know that it is a listed company that works for profits. As such, it is focussed on making sure that it gives value to its shareholders, one of whom is the Government, including other investors who are likewise Kenyans who deserve a return on investments. However, as I have said, the point here is that we are in negotiations with the NBK. So, we should be given time to make sure that there are fruitful discussions that arise out of those negotiations. view
• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first and foremost, we have the Inspectorate Department, which makes the checks. Also, there is always the routine annual audit. Unless there is a specific in-depth audit that we should gazette, I think this debt was the forecast, and that is a separate issue. We gazette in-depth audits. view
• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am sure that the hon. Member is aware that in the early 1990s and mid 1990s there were interest rates that came as a result of the state of the economy and liberalisation. That was when it spiralled. It is possible for the interest to accumulate to that figure over a period of 20 years. Probably, what the hon. Member should be asking is the average rate of interest, which we would obviously have to sit down and re-calculate. view