Robert Mbui

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I stand to support the Tax Procedures Bill 2015. I am just interested in this Bill because the first thing I noted was the objects and purpose of the Bill, which states that we intend to create consistency and efficiency in the administration of tax laws in this country. It also intends to facilitate tax compliance by taxpayers and ensuring effective and efficient collection of taxes. Basically, when you look at the purpose, you see that this is a Bill we require as a nation. Having gone through the ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: However, in our first year in this House, we discussed the issue of identification and we passed a Motion that was moved by Hon. Charles Nyamai. It was talking about having a single identification for every citizen of this country. That is something that we need to go for so that, the number that you are given at birth is the same that you will use for your identity card for business purposes, National Social and Security Fund (NSSF), National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) and even for voting. Therefore, that is an area that needs to be looked into because ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: lip service. We want to see action taken against those people who steal funds of our mothers, daughters, grandparents and Kenyan citizens. If we did not have corruption, I want to imagine that when we talk about free education for our primary and secondary schools, it would really be free. Right now, we have free primary education, but our children are still paying for exams in schools and activity fees which they constantly come to us as Members of Parliament (MPs) to assist them to pay. It is important that we ensure that this is done. If there was no ... view
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to contribute to the Bill. I want to say it is important to know our history. It helps us to get in touch with our roots. This Bill is about knowing where we have come from and where we are. That will guide us in making decisions on where we want to be in future. I am impressed from what I have heard in this debate. People have spoken positively about traditional issues. I am happy Hon. Tong’i has just told us that there is a traditional healer who can compete ... view
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: was expected of you. Currently, many of our young people are born and live without the knowledge of what is expected of them. Very basic things like sex education was part and parcel of what traditional African societies always insisted on. But today, our children are taught practical sex education by our neighbour’s children. This is unfortunate. It is a fact. Many of us shy away from these things because we cannot tell them this and that because those examples do not work for our children. This is something we all need to embrace. I have noted the issue of ... view
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Recently, I read in the headlines of a local periodical that frogs and snakes were found in one of our senior government offices in Machakos County. I do not know whether these were traditional things that were being collected for future use or they were meant to scare away potential thieves in the county or they were meant to protect the thieves from being caught. It seems that Machakos County is a step ahead because we are already collecting paraphernalia that is involved in traditional issues to ensure that our region is safe. In the counties, cultural shows are supposed ... view
• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: I was the first one, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is when we do such Motions that I am proud to be a Member of this House. Our purpose is to improve the livelihoods of our people. I thank my colleague Hon. (Ms.) Susan Musyoka who is also our Women Representative in Machakos County for coming up with a very important Bill; one that deals with issues of people’s lives. Most of the time when people have an emergency the first help they get might not necessarily save their lives. If this curriculum is introduced in this nation, it will ... view
• 14 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. This is a very interesting Motion that we are debating. I know that towards the end of 2007 to early 2008 it was part of Kenya’s darkest history. That is because 1,000 people died or were killed, tens of thousands were maimed and over 600,000 Kenyans were displaced. In fact, it affected all Kenyans. About 42,000,000 Kenyans were affected by the post-election violence. Soon after that, in the interest of justice, Members of this House at that time decided that they would discuss and ensure that the cases were ... view
• 14 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: It is opening old wounds. I heard the Leader of the Majority Party say that we need to heal. For us to heal, we cannot start poking holes in a wound and then say that we are going to 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
• 14 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: heal because of that. For us to heal the wound that has taken so many years and is now a scar, it needs to be left. Let it be. I believe that opening that Report and coming up with a new committee to discuss this is opening an old wound. view