Robinson Njeru Githae

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: 21 Thursday, 13th December, 2012(P) of money that has been spent by Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) on all the cases dealing with Charterhouse Bank. I think they listed the wrong Question because this was answered. view
• 13 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sorry about that. I thought the Question had been answered. Starting with the latter, Mr. Odhiambo was paid Kshs450,279.20 under Section 5(a) of the KRA Act which provides that the Commissioner- General may upon the recommendation of a Commissioner reward any person for information leading to the identification or recovery of unassessed taxes or duties. This provision is available to every Kenyan and not necessarily to Mr. Odhiambo. So, Mr. Odhiambo exercised his right to avail information to the KRA under this section. Many others have also done so. Let me also take this opportunity ... view
• 13 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Indeed, I have confirmed that Mr. Peter George Odhiambo, took account details and bank balances of customers of Charterhouse and gave them to the KRA and said that those were the taxes that were not paid. Upon perusal by KRA they realized that all that he had done was just to state the account name and the bank balance. He was clearly told that a bank balance is not evidence of unpaid tax. It is not even evidence of unassessed tax. So, the KRA did not use that information because it was not helpful. He was not alleging that certain ... view
• 13 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like hon. Members to understand the dilemma. First of all, the information that is given to the KRA under Section 5(a) is based on the fact that it will be treated in utmost confidentiality. That is the only basis on which people give that information. If we disclose the bank balances of customers, again, we will be revealing confidential information which again is against the Banking Act. Suffice it to say that I am admitting that what Mr. Odhiambo did was simply to extract bank balances and take them to the KRA and state that ... view
• 13 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, after the KRA received that information and other information from the Revenue Protection Services (RPS) which is a police department under the KRA, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, the CID and the police, it did an audit of the customers. For example, I can tell you that the amount recovered was from the bank balances that he had paid. In fact, the KRA recovered less than Kshs11 million. The KRA received information from spirited Kenyans and we are encouraging Kenyans to do that. The KRA received information from the police, the lands office and informers. It received ... view
• 13 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: 23 Thursday, 13th December, 2012(P) Member should be satisfied that I am confirming that all that Odhiambo did was to extract bank balances of customers of Charterhouse Bank, took them to the KRA and said that those were the unpaid balances. He asked for his 5 per cent based on that. I confirm that bank balances is not evidence of unpaid tax or assessed tax. It just means bank balances and nothing else. view
• 13 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it will be good if I quote the basis upon which this payment was made. Section 5(a) of the KRA Act states as follows:- “(1) The Commissioner-General may, upon the recommendations of a Commissioner reward any person for information leading to the identification or recovery of unassessed taxes or duties provided that this section shall not apply to any officer of the Authority. (2) The reward payable under Subsection 1 shall be; (a) In case of information leading to the identification of unassessed duties or taxes, one per centum of the duties or taxes so identified or ... view
• 13 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, under the Banking Act and under the Central Bank of Kenya Act, any person who reveals information of any customer to a party that is not authorized is liable to an offence. That is why when the KRA received this information they had to go an extra mile to carry out their own investigations. We are not encouraging bank officials or bank clerks to be taking bank balances. In fact, let me say that even if they did that, they are worthless. As I said, bank balance is not evidence of unpaid tax. That simply means that ... view
• 13 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: 24 Thursday, 13th December, 2012(P) for more than Kshs20 billion in the US. That action is being defended by the Attorney- General. view
• 13 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Vigorously as I am being told by the Attorney-General. To conclude, it is illegal for bank clerks and officers to reveal any information of their customers because this privilege is confidential. As I have said, Mr. Odhiambo should not have done that. However, once the information went to the KRA, it was upon the Authority to see what value they could get out of it. As I said, they did an audit and only two companies were found not to have paid the rightful taxes. Otherwise, all the other information was worthless. view