Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, the First Schedule be amended in Section A of Part 1 by inserting the following new items immediately after item 27— “28. Maize (corn) seed of tariff no.1005.10.00 . I wish to join hon. Wanga in thanking the Committee for catering for women in relation to sanitary towels, maize, or corn, flour and many other products that they have included in the list. In moving Item 28, I am actually doing what we call double caution. The double caution here applies because in Section A, there is No.25, which refers to ... view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, it was done together with the Chairman. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I am looking at the Order Paper. The amendment was for the one month timeline but I withdraw it because the Chairman, hon. Langat, has already dealt with it. view
• 30 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am glad to stand in support of the VAT Bill and to support that there will be amendments as the Chairman has promised this House. However, indeed, the Committee has looked at the Bill and proposed quite a number of amendments and so therefore the Bill will even be in better stance. However, as I support the Bill, I also have further issues of concern for the Committee which I think would even make the Bill better. view
• 30 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: One of my major concerns is criteria of exempting and zero-rating of items that have been included in the Bill. One of the best aspects of a tax law is actually predictability. So, as long as we cannot predict what will happen with this Bill then we will still fall short. It might be simple. It might be economic but it needs to be predictable. For predictability, there needs to be a criteria. Let us have criteria of what is exempt and let us have a criteria of what is zero-rated and even an attempt at defining these basic commodities. view
• 30 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there has been reference to low income households and protecting some of the low income households and the consumer products that they use. If this is indeed the case, I really would urge the Committee to ensure that the Bill does have criteria for the exempted products and also for the zero- rated products so that in future when we come to a matter like this, we do not have to spend so much time adding things onto a list. On the list that we already have now, it is actually possible to get some criteria ... view
• 30 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also want to add that the Bill, and we have been told about the importation of products, also protects the country from importation of products like eggs. It has become very sad in this country that we import eggs that we can have locally here. So, even as we look at this list, let us not have a list of products that we can bring in from abroad even when we can produce some of them locally. view
• 30 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: On the policy proposal for subsidies which I completely agree with, I completely agree with the Jubilee agenda of increasing subsidies and increasing the number of people who are put on the safety net. I think the Bill should have a reference to that either in the memoranda or in the reports of the Committee because we have a country where our laws do not come with a policy. So, we do not have a proper policy on this law. I am guided on the timelines that there might not be enough time for a policy paper now but the ... view
• 30 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am happy with the introduction of the sanitary towel as a category of items that will be exempt. Indeed, the women of Kenya are happy and I want to add here that sanitary towels are not just for those in secondary schools. They are actually important for all women of this country. I am also happy that maize flour and maize seeds are in that category. The people of Nyeri who I represent in this House are very active when it comes to planting maize. So, we are happy that the maize seeds are also ... view
• 16 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I am also happy to contribute to this Motion and support the Mover for bringing it at the right time, in terms of the strategies of looking at matters of job creation in this country. Hon. Speaker, most of the time, many of us lament but we indeed need to do more to enable our youth to get jobs. I am glad that the Mover has brought a Motion that looks at an existing structure and urges that that structure be improved to allow for the support view