Manson Nyamweya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I was saying that while we need money to develop the railway, the compounded cost of imports would go up by 5 per cent. So, we are making the lives of Kenyans more expensive, but I support it. At the Committee Stage, I will move to remove the 10 per cent transfer fee with the banks. The person who has an account in the bank is the one who bears this cost. Any amount that the bank charges you on a levy, they collect 10 per cent to the Government of Kenya. Even ... view
• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Another amendment which I am looking at relates to sports. If you want to make us a sports nation, please, exempt everything in sports, so that those who bring sports items are allowed to bring them and then we shall be a sporting nation. You cannot say that somebody who goes overseas can come with sports items duty free. How do you value the items that somebody brings which are not for sale? That is what the clause provides. If an athlete has gone overseas and has come with 100 balls, how do you know that he is not going ... view
• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: It sounds good and we are saying that we are promoting sports, but how do you promote sports by allowing 100 people in a year to bring in equipment? Can that encourage sports in this country? We can only encourage sports in this country if we allow sporting equipment to be tax-free. That is the only way you promote it. You promote it from the kindergarten, primary, secondary, institutions of higher learning, universities or colleges. That is when we can say that we are promoting sports. People who travel overseas and sportsmen are already priviledged. They have incomes. Let us ... view
• 17 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to support this very important Motion. I would like to remind hon. Members that we are here for the just welfare of this country. As Parliamentarians, our responsibility is to protect all Kenyans and ensure that the laws we pass are fair for both the poor and the rich. When the VAT Bill came to this House, I personally opposed it and said that if we pass it, we would experience high prices of various commodities. The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) should stop the sideshows. We are talking about ... view
• 17 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want us to look at the income of people in the rural areas. The highest paid person in the rural area is a teacher, who earns about Kshs10,000 per month. That teacher has somebody who goes to school. You may find that the teacher is a mother who has a little baby. The prices of milk, bread, maize flour and other essential commodities have gone up. If the prices of all the basic items have gone up and your income remains constant, you are bound to stop The electronic version of the Official ... view
• 17 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: buying certain items. This means the increase in the prices of those commodities will result in a decline in revenue collection by the Government because there will be no consumption due to lack of disposable income amongst the citizenry. I believe that the Cabinet Secretary of the National Treasury is being set up to fail. They should have done a proper consumer cost benefit analysis and come up with an appropriate list of items that should be taxed. I want to go back to what happened in this country on imports. I mentioned this last time. If you look at ... view
• 17 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker I am talking about products which are sold along Koinange Street. I am talking about shoes, radios and other electronic goods. I am talking about imports. 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
• 17 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the point I am raising is that this country has become a dumping ground for imports. I have named the streets in this country where you will find electronic items, shoes, mechanical parts--- view
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