Ronald Kiprotich Tonui

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it is with the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives. That Committee has stayed with that Bill for a very long time. view
• 19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I have been to that Committee and they are yet to deal with it. I was there more than a month ago. They are yet to deal with that Bill and I thought that it would be better for you to--- view
• 19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you. I am guided, hon. Speaker. view
• 7 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I want to say that I fully support this Bill. It is unfortunate that we are not many in this House when we are dealing with such a very important Bill. This Bill is to authorize the Government to tax us as Kenyans so that we can build this country. Without taxes, there is nothing much we can do. We cannot even be free as a country. So, we must always pay tax as a people to run our affairs. That is how we ... view
• 7 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I want to commend Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) for their efficiency in collecting taxes. KRA has been enabling us to collect taxes to run the various sectors in this country. We are able to fund, both the national Government and the county governments because of the efficiency of KRA. I understand that from the latest results from the taxation measures is that they are meeting their targets and, therefore, we must commend them. Through the money we are getting, we are able to provide a better road network in this country. We are able to provide water and the basic ... view
• 7 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in this Bill, we are trying to encourage tourism; people to visit the various tourism spots in this country and, more so, after what we have faced through terrorism. There are a few foreigners who are now visiting this country as tourists. We need to encourage locals to visit our hotels at the Coast and Maasai Mara, so that we do not lose jobs in those places. In this Bill, there is what we call tax deductable allowance for employees in various sectors in the Government. So, that is being dealt with here and I believe ... view
• 7 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: believe this Finance Bill is handling this issue adequately so that we do not lose the taxes which this country deserves from the multi-nationals. view
• 7 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: There is also the issue of the Competition Act. We are amending the Competition Act so that it is clearer, transparent and it can be predictable. That is what we are doing under this Finance Bill. I believe this is a good way to go now that in some certain sectors--- Like where I come, we grow tea. The people who are giving us nightmares are the tea brokers in Mombasa. Those are cartels in Mombasa. They agree on the prices to buy our tea. So, this Competition Act and the way we are dealing with it is to ensure ... view
• 7 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is unfortunate that when we are dealing with this Finance Bill, we are not addressing the issue of Ad Valorem Tax which is affecting our farmers. This is a levy on tea only and it is only the Kenyan tea in East Africa which is being charged the Ad Valorem Tax. Other countries like Uganda do not have this tax. Rwanda does not have such a tax but, in Kenya, we have an Ad Valorem Tax which is highly disadvantaging our farmers. This is what we need to address and it is not being addressed ... view
• 7 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: On the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC), I would have wished that we would have given some tax exemptions to our Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examiners an allowance for marking the exams. This is currently being taxed from last year which I believe is a bit unfair. That is because there are many people within this Government and the private sector who, when they go out from their places of work, they get paid a per diem. Some of them are paid as much as Kshs100,000 per day, but those ... view