14 Oct 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, these “handshake characters” must not waste my time. It is because of the handshake that the cost of living in this country is so high. There is no opposition to check the excesses of this regime. Therefore, I should be allowed time to ventilate without undue interruptions.
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14 Oct 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, my time has been…
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14 Oct 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to clarify that in 2018, this House sided with Kenyans and stood for zero-rating Value Added Tax on fuel products. It is the President who sent a Memorandum to this House. Therefore, the increase of VAT on all petroleum products is purely because of that Memorandum. I will say this and I have said it before: The EPRA should stop playing to the gallery. They purported to reduce fuel prices by Kshs5 for petrol and Kshs7.28 for kerosene this afternoon. Kenyans expect more than a Kshs5 decrease. Kenyans expect a ...
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22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to oppose the Bill because it is good for us to know that safety nets and cash transfers show that there is inequality in an economy. In every economy, there is need to support the lowest and underprivileged. It is a manifestation that they are not active participants in that economy. Even as we debate about the cash transfers and security nets for the lower cadres in our economic society, it is good for us to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of ...
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22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
understand that for an economy to thrive, it has to be equal. For an economy to thrive, we need to involve everyone to be an active participant in the growth and productivity of that economy. That goes to explain why in our country at the moment, there is need to support people in many forms, especially those who are in the lower cadres. Even the bursaries that we give are a form of security net. Even the cash transfers that we give to the elderly who are over 70 years explain the same. For an economy to thrive properly, all ...
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22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
I say so because we should learn from a country like China. I have said this before in this House. When Deng Xiaoping took over in 1978, most of the Chinese people were in dire and extreme poverty. Just by using economic apparatus and the right policies, he made the Chinese economy depart from the very retrogressive economic policies of Mao Zedong like the proletarian and cultural revolution that, prior to that, had led to many deaths through famine. When he came into power in 1978, he crafted policies that encouraged a lot of production within the Chinese economy. Fortunately, ...
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21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support. By the way I have already written to your office proposing that we amend the VAT Act, the Excise Duty Act and also the Fuel Levy Fund Act so that we try to bring the prices of fuel lower. The recent increase in fuel product prices is not just insensitive but it is very inconsiderate to the people of Kenya. At such a time that our economy is at its knees it was despicable to see our Government increasing the cost of life to Kenyans. Our economy runs on fuel ...
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21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
As we amend the VAT Act, we must also amend it in terms of the LPG gas. This is because even as we talk about the pump prices in terms of the liquid, even the LPG gas has skyrocketed to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
an all-time high in this country. As it was said earlier, the global prices of crude oil has remained constant for the last six months. Even at the highest point in 2008…
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11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First of all, I wanted to rise on a point of order because the Member referred to the borrowers as boys. It is not all the borrowers who are boys. However, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me to ventilate on this matter of digital lending and start by saying that when we talk about digital lending, we are simply talking about fintech. Fintech is the convergence of finance and technology. This is a subsector within the larger technology sector. The second one from fintech, which is the number one currently in the ...
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