Samuel Kamunye Gichigi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, perhaps this is the right time to have a second thought and see whether we need to remove some items from that particular law. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Having said that, it is very important that this House goes through the proposals in this Bill with a keen eye to make sure that it is only the necessary items that are removed from the VAT law. It is important that at the Committee stage we see whether what has been proposed here are the only items that need to be included and whether all the proposals need to be adopted. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: The VAT Bill was proposed to cure a lot of mischief that had crippled our tax administration. As the Mover had indicated, tax refunds had become an illegal industry in this country; people were collecting billions of shillings from the Kenya Revenue Authority and the Treasury as purporting them to be genuine refunds. This was a cartel 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. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: involving certain officers at the Treasury, the KRA, brokers, traders and manufacturers. It is, therefore, important that we make sure that we do not return this country to that situation where the work of the Treasury and KRA was to collect money from genuine taxpayers and give it as refunds to hooligans or crooks. It is important that, that is guarded against. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Secondly, the proposal to enhance the penalties on fraudulent claimants should be supported. Let us punish people who sign documents claiming that they are entitled to refunds and rebates when they know that they are not. I also support the proposal to ensure that everybody is compelled to give information to the tax authorities. That is something that we must support. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, while we might support a law that helps our people out there, let us not forget that the services that are rendered to this country by the Government can only be given if the Government receives enough revenue. For the last several years, I am aware that the KRA has not been able to achieve the targets that have been given by the Treasury. Even the Ministries, when it comes to Appropriations-in- Aid, have not been able to collect this money. So, we must be very cautious that we are talking about reducing the wage bill ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the issue of expenditure in this country is being played out. Hardly anybody is thinking about revenue generation measures. We are headed to debating the Division of Revenue Bill and, perhaps, we will end up having another controversy with our brothers in the Senate. This is because everybody is thinking about how much he or she will get from the national Government. Nobody is asking the county governments how much they are collecting locally. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I am aware that in most of the counties, the amount of revenue that was being collected by the former local authorities has gone down. So, the governors are always in Nairobi lobbying for more funds. Who is implementing measures in the counties to collect more money in their various areas? As we debate this Bill, yes, we want to support our people by ensuring that critical commodities have their prices brought down. Animal feeds, medicine, water and milk prices should come down. However, by the time we conclude this Bill, it will be important to tell the Exchequer where ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support this Bill subject to serious amendments to balance revenue generation against reduction of taxation measures. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you. view