Patrick Wangamati

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: So, I support this Bill and thank the Mover, hon. Ng’ongo for bringing it to this House. view
• 4 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- Aware that in 2013 the British Government agreed to pay Kenyans who were abused, tortured, maimed and detained by the British colonial forces during the Mau Mau uprising from 1952 and onwards compensation of Kshs2.5 billion as an out-of-court settlement; further aware that the compensation was only paid to a section of few MauMau victims from Kiambu and Nyeri counties leaving out victims from Meru, Kirinyaga, North Rift, Western Province and Nyanza Province--- The fact is that leaders from these two counties ... view
• 4 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. Everybody was involved including individuals like followers of Dini ya view
• 4 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: who took part in the uprising against the colonial government and were also The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 24 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. As leaders in this country we know that doing business in Kenya has become very expensive. If we have to do business and compete with other business people--- When you go to our banks in this country, interest rates are very high. It also becomes very difficult for an ordinary Kenyan to get facilities from The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 24 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: banks. It is high time, as the Chairman of the Finance, Planning and Trade Committee has said, the Committee came up with a workable method that we can approve here in House, and enable the Government to deal with agencies overseas. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have micro-finance institutions, and you find that some agencies outside are prepared to release money to them; who can give a letter of credit for this? It is difficult to obtain this letter; it is difficult for us to move fast. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when we look at a country like Rwanda, we ... view
• 24 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. As leaders in this country we know that doing business in Kenya has become very expensive. If we have to do business and compete with other business people--- When you go to our banks in this country, interest rates are very high. It also becomes very difficult for an ordinary Kenyan to get facilities from banks. It is high time, as the Chairman of the Finance, Planning and Trade Committee has said, the Committee came up with a workable method that we can approve ... view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the amendment Bill and thank hon. Mbadi for bringing it at this time. view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: The Government must raise money in order to run this country but they should also look into ways of doing so without hurting the ordinary members of the public. There has been a lot of outcry. People are really having it hard, particularly at this time when everybody is complaining about the poverty that has invaded this country due to carelessness in the management of this country’s expenditure. As Kenyans, we pay tax in many ways but due to mismanagement of our own expenditure, money is being spent very badly. We then look for excuses for levying VAT on every ... view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: it at this particular time. I would like to urge the Executive to control financial expenditure in this country. The level of public expenditure is too high. Corruption has also increased. People in Government do not mind about how badly finances are being mismanaged. They only think about raising taxes. Heavy taxation will make it difficult for investors to come to this country. With those few remarks, I beg to support. view