All parliamentary appearances
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15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity. I rise to second this Bill by my good friend, Hon. Athanas Wafula Wamunyinyi. This is a very brief amendment Bill. It aims to remove VAT on the transportation of sugarcane from farms to milling factories. The VAT Act, 2013, provides for levying of VAT on sugarcane transportation and transporters are required to collect and remit the tax to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). Without a doubt, this has led to an increase in the cost of production of sugar in our country and that cost ends up on the table ...
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15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
improve and of all the farmers whether in Mumias, Awendo or Muhoroni, it all adds up to the national basket. As we look into amending this Bill, we should look at taxation in Kenya. I was in this House at the commencement of the 11th Parliament when we made very comprehensive amendments to VAT. Some of us had complained that some of these amendments did not go into the heart of looking into what it does to our people. At that time, we were told we needed to look at demand and supply of things. We were told that by ...
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15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. As I contribute to this Bill, which is really about the vertical sharing of the monies allocated to the counties by this House, I want to say that this County Allocation Bill is very important. It gives the detailed breakdown of the monies that will go to each county. Under the Second Schedule, this Bill gives conditional allocations to county governments for national Government revenues for the Financial Year in question. Under the Third Schedule, it gives the conditional allocations to county governments from loans and ...
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15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
country which had not benefited from the fruits of independence to do so. This is the fourth time this House is debating the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. Like the Leader of the Majority Party has said, it is a good point to ask: “How much have the monies that we have taken to the counties done to improve the livelihoods of our people?” We cannot be a mere conveyor belt discussing billions of shillings going into the counties and when we question what those monies are doing in the counties, then people say that we are fighting devolution. Nobody ...
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15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
a good thing but it ceases to be a good thing when we are told that nearly 40 per cent of our people still live below the poverty line. For me, that is what devolution was meant to address. Devolution was meant to address the widening rich-poor divide so that those of us who live in abject poverty can be lifted and start to feel a sense of belonging and nationhood - that they have a right to partake in the affairs of their country. Yes, we will pass this Bill, but I want to encourage this House and the ...
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15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I just needed your direction on a matter which touches on the Motion before the House, so that the Motion before the House is on the printed estimates.
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15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, this is the Motion on Adoption of the Report on the Budget Estimates for the Financial Year, 2016/2017. As I seek your direction on this matter, I want to refer you to the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act (PFM) Act 2012, Section 25, which talks about the reparation of the Budget Policy Statements (BPS). Sub-section (3) which says:- “In preparing the Budget Policy Statement, the National Treasury shall set out the broad strategic priorities and policy goals that will guide the national government and the county governments in preparing their budgets both for the following financial ...
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15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
ex-proposed expenditure limits. I have just looked at the expenditure estimates for the national Government, Parliament, Judiciary and Equalization Fund for 2016/2017, in the First Schedule which is attached to this Order Paper. If you look at the First Schedule, the State Department for Interior has exceeded what was--- I have with me here a copy of the Report of the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) which was approved when I was sitting in the Liaison Committee. If you look at that Report, it is dated March 2016 and it was presented here and discussed. If you look at what the ...
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15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
No.8 says that the Cabinet Secretary (CS) shall take into account the resolutions passed by Parliament in finalising the Budget for the relevant financial year. The Report on the BPS was tabled and passed by the Liaison Committee when I was sitting there. I have just looked at what was approved in the BPS and in going through the First Schedule expenditure Estimates of the national Government and Parliament, many of these expenditures have exceeded what was approved in the BPS. Let me give broad examples. The State Department for Interior has exceeded by about Kshs12.6 billion. For the State ...
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15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I wanted your guidance on the role of the BPS. If it cannot guide the budget-making process, then why would we really be going about it? When you look at this, you see so many cases. I have just given a few examples. What was approved for the Ministry of Defence was Kshs96 billion, but what is before the House is Kshs98 billion. The State Department for University Education was Kshs63 billion, but what is before the House is Kshs71 billion. The Ministry of Health was Kshs59 billion, but what is before the House is Kshs60 billion. The ...
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