Samuel Kamunye Gichigi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to second this Bill. It is sad that the National Treasury and tax authorities have waited this long to catch up with this sector where billions of shillings are moving everyday. view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Yesterday, I had an opportunity to watch one of our own, Hon. Jakoyo engaging one of the major players in the betting industry on national television. The statement by Hon. Jakayo about that sector not paying tax was not denied. That means it is true. These people are probably just paying little corporation tax. The leading firm, SportPesa said they paid corporation tax of Kshs700 million. You can imagine how much more goes to the pockets of these firms. view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: We have a situation in this country where somebody simply collects money from people without doing anything, just returns pittance to the so called “winners” and then pockets the other money. That person does that without lifting a hand, planting maize, erecting a building or adding any value. The person simply collects money from 100 people, pays back one person and pockets money collected from the other 99 people. view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The worst thing is that most of this money is being taken out of the country to fund institutions out there. That person is like a tax collector. There is no difference between KRA and the betting firms. They are collecting money from people and putting it in their pockets. The KRA is not doing much about it, obviously because of lack of a law. So, I support these provisions. These are just taxing authorities that want their pie. I have done a bit of research and I have found out that in Britain and South Africa, for example, most ... view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: I wanted to contribute. view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am in a quandary. I have consulted and been told that this Bill must be passed as a constitutional requirement within the next two days. Members need to listen to this. The whole of Clause 9(3A) is completely misplaced. The truth of the matter is that those are the sort of provisions that are brought to remove somebody who has already been appointed. Once you are in office, if you get convicted for an offence and you are removed. That is for Clause 9 (3A) (a). I completely disagree with Clause 9 (3A) ... view
• 23 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: It is a completely different issue, Hon. Deputy Speaker. As our Leader of the Majority Party asks the Board and the CS to come, we obviously need to call a Kamukunji. This is because there needs to be clarity. view
• 23 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: As we speak, the National Treasury owes about Kshs5 billion from the previous years and yet it says that it has cleared the last financial year. So, the money that has actually been given to us is for this financial year but, there is still a balance of Kshs5 billion. This means that even if all constituencies are ready to receive their money they will not receive the Kshs5 billion. view
• 23 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, you need to remember that in this financial year, there is the Kshs10 billion that was upheld by the court. If you add the Kshs10 billion to the Kshs5 billion it will total Kshs15 billion. This translates to Kshs51 million per constituency that will not be available this financial year. There are ways of dealing with this issue, if the National Treasury is involved although the National Treasury says that it will not give out the money. Since the NGCDF Board says that it does not have money to give to everybody, it becomes an urgent issue which ... view
• 23 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Ahsante sana, Mheshimiwa Naibu Spika wa Muda. Hata mimi nachukua nafasi hii kuwapongeza washindi walioshindia Kenya katika michezo ya Olimpiki. Ningetaka kuomba Serikali ikague mambo yanayofanyika katika shule zetu. Nilipoandaa mkutano na walimu wanaosimamia michezo, niligundua kuwa hatuna vifaa vya michezo katika shule zetu. Hivyo basi, hatutaweza kupata dhahabu nyingi kutoka sehemu nyingi nchini. Kama Kamati ya Leba, tutachunguza yale yaliyofanyika kule Rio ili kuhakikisha kuwa hayatafanyika tena. Ni lazima tuhakikishe kuwa pesa zinazopatikana katika michezo ya bahati nasibu zitumike humu nchini ili kukuza michezo. view