Samuel Kamunye Gichigi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 721 to 730 of 830.

• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Clause 32, in my opinion, invites an amendment. Let us also give the period that the High Court needs to deal with the appeal from the Tribunal. Clause 34, in my opinion, has certain unconstitutional aspects. It sort of shifts the burden of proving one is not guilty to the taxpayer. That will certainly not be in tandem with the Constitution. We need to let the person accusing to prove that, indeed, an offence has been committed. Clause 34 has sub-clauses 1 and 2. view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Clause 38 states that the certificate issued by the Commissioner is final in terms of how much is owed, whether or not tax is owed. I would like to propose an amendment to that clause so that when a matter of dispute is placed before the Tribunal, the Commissioner is also required to explain and prove that the tax demanded is owed. Let us not just leave the burden to the taxpayer to show that he does not owe tax, which sometimes he might not even understand how the same was arrived at. view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Clause 2 talks about the definition of a “Commissioner”. This also needs to be looked into. This is because it is framed in a manner that suggests there is only one commissioner at the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). It is, therefore, important to acknowledge that there are several commissioners who deal with tax. There is the Commissioner for Medium Taxpayers, the Commissioner 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
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: for Large Taxpayer and the Commissioner for Customs. It is important that the Act takes into consideration that aspect. view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: This is truly a very good piece of legislation and I support it. view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 8 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of hon. Deputy Speaker. Would it be in order for hon. Keynan to give us a summary, instead of reading a litany of the CV of the nominees? view
• 3 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, since this is an issue that is outside Nairobi, I propose that we be given two weeks to investigate it. view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I stand to support the Motion. view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: I do not think it is the business of this House to be supporting illegalities. We should be on the forefront in ensuring that the rule of law is adhered to by everybody in this country. We adopted the new Constitution and said that we must take care of vulnerable groups in our society, and more so people with disabilities. We now got an opportunity to do exactly that. As a country, we have done a lot of deservice to this particular group. If a list that has been submitted to this House contains a name of a person with ... view