Manson Nyamweya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, when you look at the issue of the Euro Bond, there is no need to pay another person who has borrowed money from you in order to borrow from another one. There is no difference. Why can you not negotiate with the person who you want to refund the money? That is because when you refund the money, that person actually will sell the money elsewhere? He has nowhere to take it unless we are bankrupt as a country. The person then does not want to give you the money. view
• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: So, the issue here - as we do this Budget – is: Let us not be pushed by the technocrats who have been trained by the World Bank. I urge this country to be very careful with the guys at the Treasury. That is because there are issues they will quote on figures. They do not look at what is on the ground, or what is affecting the common man. Somebody is not able to buy milk. view
• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to inform the hon. Member that the other time when we wanted to change the tax, we had to get consent from the Cabinet Secretary, Treasury. But when he said no, we did not change it. Therefore, he is in charge and not us. The Budget and Appropriations Committee is here and can confirm that we wanted to change the tax law. But we did not do it. So, Treasury is in charge and if there is something we want to do and he is against, we cannot do it because he must concur. Hon. Speaker, ... view
• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: policies that we make and the budgets that we make should ensure that there is more disposable income to the poor people of this country. With those few remarks, I support. view
• 4 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, thank you for giving me a chance to contribute to this Bill. From the outset I said that I am opposing this Bill because we need guidance, 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
• 3 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset I want to say that I am opposing this Bill. If the Leader of Majority Party of this House has said that he does not have confidence in it and he has put his signature on the same Bill, what business do I have to support it as a member of the Opposition and my role is to watch what the Government is doing? However, having said that, that is not the main reason why I want to oppose this. I want to go to the very fundamentals of the amendments ... view
• 3 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: County; we had the Finance Bill and people rioted. We are losing focus. The main reason why we have got county governments is to give service to the people of the Republic of Kenya. It is not about tax. We should first of all properly utilise the little funds that the national Government has given the county governments. view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me a chance to contribute to this Motion but as I said, I oppose the Bill and I have the reasons why I am doing so. I want to refer to Article 206(1)(a) of the Republic of Kenya. It reads: “There is established the Consolidated Fund into which shall be paid all money raised or received by or on behalf of the national government, except money that – (a) is reasonably excluded from the Fund by an Act of Parliament and payable into another public fund established for a specific purpose.” Now, when you ... view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me a chance to contribute to this Motion but as I said, I oppose the Bill and I have the reasons why I am doing so. I want to refer to Article 206(1)(a) of the Republic of Kenya. It reads: “There is established the Consolidated Fund into which shall be paid all money raised or received by or on behalf of the national government, except money that – (a) is reasonably excluded from the Fund by an Act of Parliament and payable into another public fund established for a specific purpose.” Now, when you ... view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, what I am saying here is related. What I am saying here is that in the event Anglo Leasing companies were financed by a supplier from overseas, they would have been paid overseas. So, if we pass this section as it is 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