Ronald Kiprotich Tonui

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am ready to proceed. However, you may need to correct my name. I am not “Kipkoech”. I am “Kiprotich”. I do not know where that name is captured. view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you. That is my name. I had already commented on a number of amendments on various Acts. I want to continue with the Merchants Shipping Act. We want to cede the power of this House to the Cabinet Secretary because what we are proposing here, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, is that the Cabinet Secretary may, on the recommendation of the Authority by a gazette notice and subject to such conditions as they may be appropriate, exempt any Government entity or enterprise from the provisions of this Act where such exception is in public interest. I believe ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity to also comment on this Miscellaneous (Amendment) Bill. First, on the issue of VAT Act, I support some amendments. On the VAT Act, the Chair is explaining that a taxpayer can offset a tax directly at their own level. I believe this needs to be interrogated further otherwise I can see loopholes where we may lose revenue because of fake cases of offsetting tax within companies. view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Secondly, on the issue of the PFM Act, the separation of the roles of the accounting officers for the Senate and the National Assembly is welcome. This is a different House from the Senate. I believe this is in order and I support it strongly. On the issue of tourism Act, we are introducing the word ‘university’. I believe this is a small introduction. It is good to introduce the word “university” in the world of tourism so that we know that we can offer courses in tourism up to PhD level. I believe this is welcome. We are used ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: On the Companies Act, I support the issue of introducing the requirement that if additional members are to be introduced into a company, then the consent of those other members of the Company must be solved. This is quite welcome so that we do not have fake members of a company. What I am not so clear about it is when we have a section in the Companies Act which says “delete information” including information relating to the beneficial owners. I do not know if this is meant for cover up because I believe the freedom to access The electronic ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: information is very critical. We should be able to go to the Registrar of Companies and get information on any company. This should not just be information on Kenyan companies. We should be able to get information on foreign companies once they are doing business with this country. When we are talking, for example, of KQ, I was in the 11th Parliament, where we approved about Kshs20 billion to KQ and we were assured it would revive the company. It did not, possibly because KQ does not own planes. The planes are owned by other people and the company leases ... view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity to add my voice to this. I want to make it clear that I support the position of the Senate 100 per cent. As a House, we have never agreed on a position with regard to this Bill. We always embrace whatever is forwarded by the Executive to this House without thorough scrutiny of the same. The idea of adding Kshs20 billion to the counties under this Division of Revenue Bill is quite welcome. The key functions in the Constitution are devolved. Issues of water services, access roads and agriculture are devolved. Those ... view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to thank the Chair for donating two minutes to me. I want to support this Bill and thank Omtatah for standing for Kenyans. When we make unfair laws in this Assembly, there are people out there who protect the public from those unfair laws that we make. That is because they are many. This includes the one on Housing Levy. So, Omtatah should be congratulated for this. What is proposed in this Bill is the fairest way. This is because there will be a panel to interview the commissioners and then forward ... view
• 2 May 2019 in National Assembly: (Biomet Central, JP) asked the Parliamentary Service Commission: (a) why a tunnel was constructed instead of an overhead flyover bridge in connecting Parliament Buildings; (b) what the cost of the project is and who the contractors are; (c) whether the construction of the tunnel project is part of the main office block contract or it is a variation; and, (d) What security, safety and health measures were taken into consideration while conceptualising, designing and constructing the tunnel project. view
• 2 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view