27 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I second.
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26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House:- The Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade on its consideration of the Tax Procedures Bill, 2015; and, The Excise Duty Bill, 2015 Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker.
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18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand to second this Finance Bill that has been ably moved by my Committee Chairman. Hon. Speaker, the purpose of this Bill is just to legalise the proposals that were announced in the Budget for the 2015/2016 Financial Year. There are a few things in it that I want to appreciate. There is this removal of duty for people who import vehicles that have been in countries that allow left-hand drive cars. We want to propose an amendment; the Bill says that the vehicle you buy to replace the one that was a left- hand ...
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18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
hand drive car and you are required to purchase a vehicle that is of the same year of manufacture, it is something that we need to amend, so that somebody can buy the latest model. I also support the proposal that once you have land and you partner with a developer, you do not have to pay Stamp Duty because you will become a partner. Those are the few good things that are in the Bill. The requirement for increase of the capital base of the banks is something we have left open for anybody to comes with amendments, because ...
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6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the County Governments (Amendment) Bill, Senate Bill No.1 of 2014 be now read a Second Time although the Committee had rejected it.
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6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
From the outset, I want to say that this Bill was brought from the Senate and its essence was to have county headquarters in specific areas. So, when the Committee received the Bill, we consulted the stakeholders and the Attorney-General. We also invited the Ministry of Devolution and Planning, the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) and the Transition Authority (TA). However, in their remarks almost all the authorities were of the opinion that this should be a county affair. It is an affair that the headquarters should be decided at the county level. We should not have ...
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6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
I have approached quite a number of Members who have declined even to second the Bill because the Committee rejected it. They were of the opinion that their headquarters should not be permanently stationed where they are. For example a county like Nakuru has its headquarters in Nakuru Sub-County. If tomorrow they decided to move to Naivasha Sub-County, that should be the responsibility of the MCAs in consultation with the general public of Nakuru County.
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6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
All right. Thank you. The essence of the Bill as I said earlier is that the Senate had decided that the county headquarters--- They had even a schedule for all the 47 counties where their headquarters should be. The schedule indicated that the current headquarters of the counties should be permanent. However, they also had a provision that if anybody wanted to change counties, then they should start with public consultations and the Senate should ratify all the headquarters. So, the essence of the Bill is that it is supposed to indicate where county headquarters are supposed to be.
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6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
With those very few remarks, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move.
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6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Unfortunately, the Members of my Committee were meeting the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor and nobody else had indicated that he or she wanted to second the Bill.
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