30 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I seek your guidance. He had already moved his amendment. I believe it is out of his hands. It is within the House. He can no longer purport to withdraw it.
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30 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
He can no longer withdraw it. He does not have the power. He had already moved it. It is the business of the House now.
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29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Mine is to seek guidance because I see lots of danger in terms of the amendments and the main clause. I would wish that you guide us because we want to kill the two, so that we can kill only one. Once we have killed one, the other one should stand. In a situation where we want to reject the main clause in the Bill and also reject the amendments, kindly guide us. These two are poison to workers in this country. This thing tries to exploit workers in this country. I see a ...
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28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I support some parts of the Bill and oppose others. I want to start with those parts of the Bill which should not be captured. The first one is on the housing scheme. Being part of Jubilee, I normally read in the media that we have four agendas. Even though we are Members of Parliament from Jubilee, we have never sat down to endorse it. With regard to the issue of the housing scheme, the Bill proposes that employees should have Kshs5,000 deducted from their salaries, ...
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28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
We also need to encourage the Government to borrow internationally and not within the country. Competing with members of the public makes the cost of borrowing very high as it raises the bank interest rates. If the Government borrows externally, just like it did through the Eurobonds, it will take care of the cost of borrowing in this country. That is one of the amendments that I oppose. There is also the issue of allocating funds to the Tourism Promotion Fund, which does not even exist. The Tourism Promotion Fund was intended to be created through the regulations. The same ...
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22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you Hon. Deputy Speaker. I also want to support that Petition from Taita Taveta.
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22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
I believe we need to review the areas that benefit from the hardship allowance to include all those arid and semi-arid areas, inclusive of the lower side of Bomet which is also dry. The very cold places such as where the Hon. Speaker comes from is quiet uncomfortable. We need to re-look at it and those areas which are inaccessible.
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22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker.
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22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Member needs to be assured that patience pays. Kindly be patient.
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