Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Nov 2023 in Senate: It is in his Address that the Government gave Kshs3 billion. view
• 15 Nov 2023 in Senate: It is in his Address that the Government gave Kshs3 billion. view
• 15 Nov 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I move to the next point view
• 15 Nov 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I move to the next point view
• 15 Nov 2023 in Senate: The next point is on taxation. The burden of taxation is too high. The President, who is my former colleague, knows very well that when we came into Government with him in 2002, I was there personally. We adopted a policy. I want the Senate Majority Leader to listen to this because he is saying, we offer constructive recommendations. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the policy of taxation must be taken very seriously. I believe the policy we adopted is the one we should use now. The policy was that we lower the levels of taxation but expand the tax base ... view
• 15 Nov 2023 in Senate: The next point is on taxation. The burden of taxation is too high. The President, who is my former colleague, knows very well that when we came into Government with him in 2002, I was there personally. We adopted a policy. I want the Senate Majority Leader to listen to this because he is saying, we offer constructive recommendations. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the policy of taxation must be taken very seriously. I believe the policy we adopted is the one we should use now. The policy was that we lower the levels of taxation but expand the tax base ... view
• 15 Nov 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 15 Nov 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 15 Nov 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want the Government to take this matter seriously so that we just do not complain. Let us find a way of helping our people out of this burden of very heavy taxation. Even when you come to the airport, you find people ransacking your luggage because you have brought something that is more than this and that. We are introducing the old systems which even jailed people for having foreign currency. For a small amount of money, Hon. Waruru Kanja was jailed for one full year for coming in without declaring USD100. That is one ... view
• 15 Nov 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want the Government to take this matter seriously so that we just do not complain. Let us find a way of helping our people out of this burden of very heavy taxation. Even when you come to the airport, you find people ransacking your luggage because you have brought something that is more than this and that. We are introducing the old systems which even jailed people for having foreign currency. For a small amount of money, Hon. Waruru Kanja was jailed for one full year for coming in without declaring USD100. That is one ... view