Samuel Onunga Atandi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: that there have been lots of victims of police brutality. Most of them have not been compensated. Therefore, part of what should be considered as man-made disasters should be victims of police brutality. I urge the Members of this House, especially Members of the Committee, to support this Petition because this time round, it has been Members from our community who have suffered from police brutality. I see a situation where next time, we might have more Members from that side - the Tangatanga side. Most of them will be victims of police brutality. I want them to take this ... view
• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I want to support the amendments, but not for the reasons advanced by the Leader of the Majority Party. For the record, it is known that members of the leadership, to which the Leader of the Majority Party subscribes to, are great consumers of alcohol. I also consume alcohol. So, we consume it together. Even those who go to church and the mosque like the people he is referring to, also consume alcohol. My argument for supporting this is because… view
• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, if you look at the rate of taxation across Africa for alcohol and cigarettes, Kenya is still ranking low. In the next Finance Bill, we need to increase these rates. So, we need to increase them. I have said if you compare the rates of taxation between Kenya and other African countries, and Europe where alcohol and cigarettes are consumed more, the taxation rates are high and yet, the people still consume them. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: So, I support the amendment and urge the House to continue to increase these tax rates upwards in future. Thank you. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: (Alego view
• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: (Alego view
• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want the Members to listen to me because I am the only practising banker in this House. I want you to benefit from my contribution. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: The Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee has said something which is very important. He said that there is over domestic borrowing. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want the House to benefit from two things. The Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee has said that there is over-domestic borrowing in this economy. I agree with him. He has the solution. Why is the Government over-borrowing in the domestic market? It is because we continue to have a large fiscal deficit. He is the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and I want him, next time, to present a budget which is balanced. That way, the Government will not need to go to the market to borrow. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Ultimately, and this needs to go on the records, I support the amendment that we do not repeal the interest cap law. That is very fundamental. In future, we need to have a financial market which is self-regulating. That will only happen if we have a balanced budget in place. We need to cut the fiscal deficit with up to five fiscal points. If we do that, then we will not need this law. For now, banks have failed to convince us that if we repeal the interest cap law, they will give credit to SMEs. They have not given ... view