Samuel Kamunye Gichigi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, so, my point is that while we cannot order the Judiciary to do this and that--- In its constitutional mandate, we cannot do that but again, we cannot be stopped from saying that EACC can execute its constitutional mandate by investigating the whole process; including the judicial process. That is my position. I know we cannot order a judge to make a certain judgment. view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Maybe, as the amendments are being suggested, one obviously is on how the Government and NCPB can seek legal recourse to reverse what has actually happened. That is a recommendation that should come out very strongly in this report. But we cannot say that we should not debate this report because crimes can be committed even in the Judiciary. view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, within the confines of the Kenyan and international law, what steps is the Government taking to restrain people who hold diplomatic status from running away after committing criminal offences in this country? view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. I remember when the NARC Government took over power about ten years ago, many people in this country voluntarily started paying their taxes. After some time due to challenges of corruption in the country, the spirit of patriotism went down. I was one of those persons who were really eager to meet their obligation to pay tax. This is because it was clear that the Government was going to do a very good job. Everybody came out to support the change that we expected. The electronic version of ... view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Only a few of us have continued paying tax voluntarily. I request the people of Kenya to pay tax because it will be cheaper if people pay taxes voluntarily. It is very expensive for people to be followed all over in order to pay tax. view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: I really support this particular piece of legislation because it is entrenching the trend towards moving away from courts to alternative dispute resolution. This is a very good piece of legislation. I request my colleagues in this House to be very particular as previous speakers have indicated. Let us look at this law and ensure that we have come up with the best that this House can produce. view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: This law will make dispute resolution between the taxman and the taxpayer cheaper and faster. It will also make justice accessible. This is a law that needs to be supported. view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: As indicated by the Chairman of the relevant Departmental Committee, it is a piece of law that harmonizes the tussle when it comes to disputes with the taxman. Previously, you would go and meet the Commissioner of Domestic Tax and the Commissioner of Customs but right now, there will be one office that you visit. Therefore, I would like to say that this is a very good piece of legislation. view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, having said that, I support this Bill, which in my opinion, requires some amendments. Clause 18 needs to be amended to protect the taxpayer as well as the taxman. It sort of gives the Tribunal power to say when there is a dispute whether the taxpayer will pay the money or not. I think we probably need to go the way we went with the Finance Bill by defining what exactly the taxpayer ought to pay pending the determination of the dispute. That is important. Let us bring sanity to this Clause. view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: The other amendment we need to introduce deals with the time span that the Tribunal needs to resolve these disputes. Let us look at what needs to be done and say whether it will be three or six months. However, let us not leave these disputes to an open period. view