Manson Nyamweya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. You know we are a House of rules. We will not be able to work if we do not follow the rules of this House. I rise under Standing Order No.44, notwithstanding Standing Order No.40, on the sequence of proceedings. There shall be time to be designated “Statement Hour” every Thursday which view
• 25 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. One thing I want to share with the House is that the main purpose of taxation anywhere in the world is to better the lives of people. The main reason why anybody pays tax in the world is to have a better living standard. view
• 25 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: I want to go back to the Constitution. Article 201(b)(i) on public finance says:- view
• 25 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: “the burden of taxation shall be shared fairly”. This will enable all Kenyans to contribute. This is because the purpose of taxation is to get financial means, so that all Kenyans may enjoy it. view
• 25 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: I want to oppose this Bill the way it is, because it does not meet the requirements of the Constitution, which are very clear that any tax system which is put in place should take into consideration the poor, the rich and tax them fairly. view
• 25 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what this Bill has done is to impose penalties on Kenyans; what this Bill has done is to make the poor pay more on taxation; what this Bill has done is to allow the rich to enjoy without paying tax. What am I saying? Property has been excluded from this Bill. Who should pay tax? Is it the girl who wants sanitary towels? If we pass this Bill, we are saying let the young girls pay tax for the sanitary towels. We need to collect tax from them. We have to collect tax from the ... view
• 25 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: My friend, hon. Benjamin, has said that he will bring amendments to this Bill. Why can he not withdraw this Bill and bring a clean Bill which will not be amended? view
• 25 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: He should bring a Bill which all of us will support. I want to share one thing with him. The problem is not the Bill but the administration. I want hon. Members to listen to this. I want you to go to River Road, Tom Mboya Street, come to Kenyatta Avenue and look at the items that are in the shops today. I want to give one example of textile. Our country has become a dumping ground for substandard cheap products. I would like to ask one simple question. What is happening with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)? view
• 10 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First and foremost, I want to thank the Mover for this timely Motion. When I looked at this Motion and tried to understand it, the problem we are talking about here is about inefficiency which is taking place. I do not think that this may require another firm. For us to bring another distributor, it requires enormous capital inflow to make economic sense for another investor to come in and invest in Kenya. Unless we allow the free flow of power supply in the entire East African Region, we will not achieve much. Therefore, ... view
• 9 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. First and foremost, I wish to thank hon. James Opiyo Wandayi for bringing this Motion to the House. Hon. Members, the challenge we have in this country is that we have registration in place. We have got the procedures in place. What we lack is the political goodwill to enforce what exists in this country and this is why the Goldenberg scandal came about. The Goldenberg scandal came about because the country did not have enough foreign exchange. At that time, the country was not collecting enough taxes, so that it could meet ... view