Samuel Kamunye Gichigi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, they are eating into my time! view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, like my colleagues who have spoken before me, when it comes to the Third Reading of this Bill, we are going to pass an amended Bill. This Bill has very good issues. The sections that give support to the victims of domestic violence, we must make sure that we do not lose them. Let us give that victim a haven; somewhere to go and get shelter when things go wrong. We all know what is happening in this society. Family members are murdering each other and grievously harming each other. So, it is important that we ensure that, ... view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I am hoping that the relevant Committee and the people who appear to be very jittery on the issue of this Bill will come up with the necessary amendments. If they do not come up with those amendments, clearly the mood in this House is that this Bill is going to die. So, let us remove the 75 per center part of this Bill which is bad and retain the 25 per cent that is actually good. Hon. Speaker, this House is not the House of Congress of America. This is a Kenyan House. We must make sure that we ... view
• 19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, I seek the Chair’s direction and a ruling to the effect that any inclusion of a proposed amendment which in its nature is of an ordinary Bill in a Special Bill does not make it a Special Bill and a vote can be made in this House to the effect that it is an ordinary Bill and does not require a two-thirds majority as per Article 261. view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Deputy Speaker. This country is known for dealing with crisises by way of reaction. We have information that the Americans have been able to deal with two cases of their citizens who were infected with this disease. The clarification I would want the Committee to seek is whether this country is in touch with the relevant authorities in America and elsewhere, who are testing new drugs that treat Ebola, so that we can be ready in case we suffer the misfortune of getting a victim here. We will use those drugs to save lives, rather than isolate ... view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, this issue is very emotive as it touches on the lives of Kenyans. We cannot, as a House, for once, put the getting of profits before lives. I am surprised that my brother, hon. Sumra, here is supporting Kenya Airways’ bottom line, yet those planes do not fly themselves. There are Kenyans flying those planes and we cannot put their lives at risk by continuing to fly on those routes. It is not only the lives of the crew and passenger that are at risk, but also the lives of the Kenyan public. This is a matter ... view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Chairlady. I rise to support that amendment. In most developed countries, nascent sectors and industries have grown tremendously because of the protection and assistance that the State gives to them. Most of the retirement benefit schemes in the country are young. This is a young sector, and we need to encourage our citizens to invest in it. We must protect the custodians and the managers of this sector from the big multinationals, which come to the country and emasculate the emerging entrepreneurs. I support. view
• 12 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support this particular Finance Bill. The intention of this law is to release funds to enable the Government to run. It was indicated to us by the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for the National Treasury is that he was going to raise funds locally and from overseas. Hon. Deputy Speaker, let me again, like my colleague, start by commending the KRA for doing a good job. For several years in the recent past they have not been able to attain their target, but in the last financial year, indeed, they surpassed their ... view
• 12 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: of collection by KRA should come down; the expenditure by the Executive should also come down. Hon. Deputy Speaker, when it comes to taxes Kenyans might feel that they are overtaxed, but what is happening is that the formal sector in this country pays about 90 per cent of taxes that are collected. It is the people who are employed in the formal sector by the Government and big corporations who pay taxes; individuals and small businesses do not pay taxes. Even income tax is not paid. So these are the new frontiers that obviously the KRA has to venture ... view
• 12 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I am happy that this Bill is attempting to tackle the problematic area of transfer pricing. I would like to tell the KRA and the National Treasury to look at the mandarins in the main multinational companies, including multinational banks. These are the people who are stealing money from this country. They purport to pay expenditure and salaries abroad. You find that an expatriate is paid Kshs3 million while a corresponding local is paid Kshs500,000, which is a quarter of what the expatriate is paid. The truth of the matter is that this money does not always get into the ... view