Otieno Kajwang

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jan 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. May I congratulate you once again for being elected the Speaker of the Tenth Parliament. view
• 15 Jan 2008 in National Assembly: A fine point and a short one is that I want to thank Ms. Karua for reminding us that there are three branches of the Government, and that this is one of them. We always say that this is the sovereign and supreme organ in the governance of this country, as we know that the Executive is another branch and so is the Judiciary. view
• 15 Jan 2008 in National Assembly: However, let me just ask this question, because that is how that Oath is framed. If you ask an hon. Member to swear allegiance to the Executive, what does that mean? Does that mean that this House cannot now check the Executive? Actually our job, as Back-benchers, is to check the ng. It should be amended to suit the Constitution, so that we take an oath that befits the dignity of this House. view
• 15 Jan 2008 in National Assembly: I am on a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir, to say that we cannot take an oath that is defective Ja nuary 15, 2008 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, just to say that The Finance Bill usually imposes taxes for different reasons. Sometimes the taxes are supposed to help the economy grow, to collect some money but also it should be used in such a way that it protects our local industries. We want the Government to be sensitive to the fact that any indigenous person who invests in this country needs the protection of this Government because every country protects its own. view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: I think it is important that we should not be driven by the multi-nationals when we come to consideration of tax proposals. Thank you very much. view
• 9 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I had a proposal to delete Clause 27 for one reason only. I do not know whether you can put your finger on it on the Order Paper. view
• 9 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 27 be deleted. This amendment is likely to be misused to injure business. Collection of taxes, or lack of payment of taxes, should not be made a criminal offence. We should not criminalise collection of taxes. Tax is paid at the end of the year. Usually, you declare the kind of tax that you should be paying. If you gave the Commissioner the authority to recover taxes, and even make it criminal--- Look at the amendment to the proposed Section 96A(b). It says that if it appears to the ... view
• 9 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. When the Minister last moved this Bill at the Committee Stage, we were quite tired. I remember we tried to ask him to postpone this Bill, so that we can do it with very clear minds. But, of course, he proceeded and got us to pass things which we did not quite scrutinise. I, myself, did not see Clauses 5 and 7. What I saw was Clause 27. The Minister should not hope that we will support this amendment merely because we have supported others! Could he explain to us ... view
• 9 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am grateful to the Minister because the way in which we wanted to regulate it would almost automatically interfere with brokerage so much that it would stop being a business. It would be like carrying money from this person to that person. We know that brokers assist those of us who cannot pay our premiums immediately in full. They give us some terms of paying monthly or quarterly. A broker will not have the money to give you those services if you do not allow them to enter into some arrangements with the insurance ... view