Robinson Njeru Githae

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: THAT this House adopts the Sessional Paper No.12 of 2012 on write off of excess Government of Kenya debt owed by the public sector owned sugar companies laid on the Table of the House today Thursday 6th December, 2012. view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) granted tax remission to the first batch of the retrenchees of Telkom Kenya Limited vide legal notice No.72 of 2010 as alleged by the hon. Member. This was done by the Minister himself. (b) In view of the response to part (a) above, part (b), therefore, does not arise. view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we realized that there was an error and we have actually proceeded to answer the Question on the basis that it refers to Telkom. So, he can ask his supplementary question. view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is what I am saying. We realized that it was an error and, therefore, the Question is on Telkom Kenya. The other error is that he referred to the KRA. The KRA does not give exemptions. It is the Minister who gives exemptions and the KRA only implements the Minister’s decisions. The reason why the second batch was not given remission is that by this time Telkom Kenya had become a private company. We only exempt public institutions or government institutions. That is basically the reason why the second batch of Telkom Kenya employees ... view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker Sir, as of the moment, we own 49 per cent of Telkom Kenya. If the shareholders do agree that they will inject more capital into the company, we are going to inject Kshs5 billion. If we do not inject another Kshs2.5 billion, then the shareholding of the Government will go down to 40 per cent. So, even if you take the current position at 49 per cent, it does not make Telkom Kenya a parastatal. It is a private company and the management is even appointed by Telkom France. Therefore, the Government has no control over ... view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government is a shareholder in very many companies--- view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: That is the exactly the reason I am saying that the Government policy, as of now, is that we only give exemptions to Government bodies or parastatals for fairness. We have rejected very many applications from private companies, including Kenya Airways. Therefore, I have just said what KRA said, namely reasons of fairness and equity; we do not give exemptions to private companies. If he had given Telkom Kenya, which is a private company, then that would have been discriminatory. This is against the Constitution and the Government has no intention of discriminating against any company. view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think it is hon. Martha Karua who had raised this issue. The Government invests in very many companies and that does not make those companies parastatals. I will give you an example of Kenya Airways. The Government is now the largest shareholder with more than 28 per cent. We do not micromanage Kenya Airways. In fact, we denied them when they applied for exemption to retrench their employees. I can give you many cases where we have done this. The Government has shares in the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) but we do not micromanage ... view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir that is the reason we are saying that for the sake of equity and fairness, the second batch could not have been given exemption because by this time facts had changed. Telkom Kenya was now a private company. We have said that view