Robinson Njeru Githae

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I had answered this Question 90 per cent. The only issue that was left was to explain under what authority the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is collecting the agency fee of 2 per cent. I wish to confirm that the authority that the KRA is using to pay themselves the agency fee of 2 per cent is found in Section 16(1) of KRA Act and it says as follows:- “The funds of the Authority shall consist of:- (a) One and one-half per cent of the revenue estimated in the financial estimates for each financial year to be ... view
• 25 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will table that. The last one was on whether there has been any under-collection. I wish to confirm that there was no under-collection. What was not apparent is that there are some fuels that are exempt from payment of duty. This is fuel for the Kenya Defence Forces, Diplomatic Missions, United Nations, jet fuel, exported fuel products and any other products ordinarily exempted by this Act. If you add the exempted fuel levy, then the view
• 25 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I confirm that there is no under-collection, if you remove the two per cent agency fee and exempted fuels. view
• 25 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I stand to support this amendment. The Kshs100,000 to 90 per cent of our drivers in Kenya is a lot of money. This is for merely contravening the conditions of the license. The Kshs100,000 may appear to be little to my friend here, hon. Shakeel, but to the ordinary driver, it is a lot of money. In fact, in terms of the argument hon. Shakeel has used, if we wanted to penalize, then we should copy the Norway example, where it is based on your pay slip for the same offence. If you are a ... view
• 25 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am just trying to educate and give more information. The Kshs100,000 is painful. It is punitive enough and there is no impunity here. We do not want to crowd our jails with people who cannot afford the fine. view
• 25 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Seconded. view
• 25 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will not. I just want to confirm to my friend, Mr. Shakeel, that under the third party compulsory insurance, the owner of the vehicle is required by the law to ensure the vehicle. If it is a PSV, then any other authorized driver is also covered. So, that takes care of his worry. view
• 20 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The pro-forma invoice presented by an importer at the point of entry is a formal expression of intention to import. It has influential value after it has been subjected to verification and confirmation of orders or signing of contracts. (b) The inspection report and value stated by the pre-shipment inspection company or agent is based on actual price paid or payable as guided by WTO/GATT values of identical and similar goods previously imported when compared against other benchmarks. (c) I confirm that goods are re-inspected by the Kenya Bureau of Standards to ... view
• 20 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree that double inspection costs money to the importer. It increases the cost of goods. It makes our economy uncompetitive. However, not all goods are subject to double inspection. It really depends on the category of goods imported. There are some goods which cannot be inspected by the pre-shipment company in the countries of origin. I would like to assure this House that I will go and look at those goods which are subjected to double inspection and see if we can eliminate, if not reduce, that category of goods; so as to make our economy ... view
• 20 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue of reimbursement does not arise because, as I said, as of now, that is the law. There are some goods which are subject to double inspection and others which are not. I have promised to look at the list of the goods that are subject to double inspection and see if we can reduce them to minimise the incident of double inspection. So, as of now, the issue of reimbursement does not arise. view