Samuel Onunga Atandi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: The other proposal which I support is on tax procedures. There is an introduction of voluntary tax disclosure which is going to allow people with tax issues to come out and declare them, and then negotiate with Kenya Revenue Authority. This proposal is timely because in the past, Kenyans have complained about the manner in which KRA executes its tax recovery mechanisms. Even the President complained that KRA was being vicious in the way it was seeking to recover tax from people who have defaulted. A case in point is when we complained that KRA was being used to undermine ... view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Lastly, my colleague, the MP for Dagoretti South, has introduced a very important subject. I come from a ugali -eating zone. Luo Nyanza and Western are ugali- eating zones. Recently, I was in the village and I realised that ugali is very difficult to come by. The reason why it is hard to come by is because the price of maize flour and wheat flour is really high. In the sense of the argument which has been advanced that this Parliament has zero-rated milk and bread, there is no excuse why this Parliament should fail to zero-rate maize and wheat ... view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: . It is our staple food. Therefore, I plead with this House that the Finance Bill, 2020 will make sense if we allow our people to access maize and wheat flour cheaply. Other than the fact that we are seeking to raise substantial revenues which we have addressed… If you look at the tax expenses which we have tried to create in the Bill, the proposals can be used to mitigate the expenses the Government is going to incur in meeting the cost associated with zero-rating of maize flour. This is something that is really going to help our people ... view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairman. I noted that the person who is introducing this tax on fishing nets must have been working for the Chinese. In this country, we consume more Chinese fish than the fish from the lake. Therefore, I want to speak to the governors from the lake region, they must think outside the box and see fishing as a serious economic activity where they need to invest their resources. We need to see counties investing in fishing cages in the lake, so that we are able to feed the entire country. We do not need to eat Chinese ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to join my colleagues in congratulating the Departmental Committees of Finance and National Planning and the Budget and Appropriations Committee for doing a great job during this pandemic period. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: I am a member of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning and we sat every day for seven days without taking a break. We never used to go for lunch. I have gone through the Supplementary Budget and I want to say that I support it. However, there are some things that this House must take a position on. One is the continuous abuse of Article 223 of the Constitution by the Executive. My Committee has brought a case before this House where immediately the new Salaries and Remuneration Commission was appointed, the first thing they did was ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: As a Committee, we took a position and said that we will never approve that item. This Article continues to be abused by the Executive. It appears to me that the Cabinet Secretary of the National Treasury has some executive authority over resource expenditure using power that they have not been given by this House. Now that it has also appeared in this Supplementary Budget, it is something this House must take a position on. Secondly, I have noted that the Supplementary Budget has set aside Kshs10 billion to be used for cash transfers to orphans and vulnerable members of ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: people do not have water. They have to walk long distances to get water. That is why I support the proposals to allocate resources in that respect. This House must now put strong measures on oversight. As you have seen, the Executive has spent a lot of resources under Article 223 without parliamentary oversight. I plead with you and the House leadership that we continue to put in place measures to ensure that the resources we allocate for COVID-19 are properly used. This issue of social distancing is making members of the Executive think that now that Members of Parliament ... view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I support the amendment because of some experience we have had with county governments when they are waiting for money from the Exchequer. They even take loans from commercial banks because they expect resources from the Treasury. Therefore, we are conversant with this behavior and we are certain that we will not allow the Equalisation Fund to utilise resources that they do not have by way of borrowing. So, this amendment is timely and I think it is going to ensure that the Fund does what it is supposed to do as opposed to ... view