5 Oct 2021 in Senate:
I said that the old Act had privately initiated proposals. I have had occasion to deal with a privately initiated partnership proposal in my county. We had two in Homa Bay County. The first one happened around 2013/2014 when the first governor of the county was elected. It was an age that perhaps only Dickens could have put in words. It was a time just as in the wonderful book by Charles Dickens known as A Tale of TwoCities . It was a time of hope. It was a time of great expectations. Every governor comes up with great projects ...
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5 Oct 2021 in Senate:
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5 Oct 2021 in Senate:
Even though it is all in comedy and fiction, the nation has never been treated to the antics of a gentleman from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). That is the guy who uses several tricks to convert paper into money. Young people can tell you the antics of the gentleman who uses “ Ngamwaya Kemikal ”. These are the same kind of fraudsters that have been going to county governments offices. How could a right thinking county government with a budget of Kshs6 billion then announce to the world that Kshs560 billion was coming? That was a clear setup ...
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5 Oct 2021 in Senate:
The dam has a huge tranformational impact on Western Kenya. It will result in control of perennial flooding not just in Kano area, but the entire Western Region. It will
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5 Oct 2021 in Senate:
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5 Oct 2021 in Senate:
enhance food security and generate electricity. It will also create employment and come along with industrial zones and export processing zones.
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5 Oct 2021 in Senate:
If there was anyone who was making a promise to the people of Western Kenya, from parts of Rift Valley into Gusii, former Western and Nyanza provinces, it will be the completion of Magwagwa Dam. It is stuck at the pre-procurement stage. I hope that once we have clarity in the Act, the relevant bodies will move faster.
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5 Oct 2021 in Senate:
Finally, we must be creative. For those of us in this House who wish to become governors in the next Government, I promise them that this country is so much financial distress occasioned by heavy borrowing that it will be a great miracle for Equitable Share to rise above the current Kshs370billion. Kenya want a reduction of taxation especially on essential products such as fuel. When we reduce taxation, definitely, we reduce the revenues of a country.
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5 Oct 2021 in Senate:
There has been debate about people who have stashed billions of Kenya shillings abroad, but we are not having debate on how to tax the assets and wealth that remains in this country. Tax avoidance and evasion is still one of our biggest leaks when it comes to our tax basket.
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5 Oct 2021 in Senate:
In the next Division of Revenue, probably, we will make political promises because no one wants to reduce the amount of money going to counties. In the first division of revenue under the next administration, whether it is “Baba” or the other gentleman, they will have no headroom to increase the amount of money going to counties.
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