Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Feb 2024 in Senate: 2022 election; number three was the reconstitution of the IEBC; and number four was fidelity to political parties and respect for political parties. As a Member of the Azimio Coalition, I must disclose to this House that the coalition had its Parliamentary Group Meeting and deliberated on this Report, and the words that were used by my Leader of the Coalition were that the Report of the National Dialogue Committee was imperfect and unfinished, but a good start. That same description is what was endorsed by the Central Committee of the Orange Democratic (ODM) Party, for which I am the ... view
• 20 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you can find this at Paragraph 830. The Senate Majority Leader has also spoken to the proposal in the Report, that all state and public officers who travel anywhere requiring a flight of not more than four hours should travel in Economy Class. That came from the Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition (OKA) and you can see it again on Paragraph 830. view
• 20 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we made certain proposals on the cost of living and reduction of taxes. Unfortunately, and we have said it publicly, we were not able to persuade our colleagues from the other side. I want to give a few specific examples. Our position has always been that if we reduced Value Added Tax (VAT) on petroleum products from the current 16 percent to the 8 percent it was prior to the last election, we would have some reprieve. Unfortunately, we were not able to convince our colleagues on this. view
• 20 Feb 2024 in Senate: We also proposed to reduce the Road Maintenance Levy from Kshs18 per litre to Kshs13 per litre. We achieved concurrence on this and we thank our brothers from the other side for seeing the point. This is also at Paragraph 830 of the Report. We also proposed to reduce the Petroleum Development Levy by 50 percent from the current Kshs5. 40 to Kshs2.70 per litre but we were unable to convince our brothers and sisters. view
• 20 Feb 2024 in Senate: We also proposed to reduce the anti-adulteration fuel levy from Kshs18 to Kshs7 per litre. All these proposals were being made by Azimio La Umoja, One Kenya view
• 20 Feb 2024 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 20 Feb 2024 in Senate: Coalition (OKA), with the knowledge that a reduction in the cost of fuel has a bumper effect in reducing the cost of living. We convinced them on this and you can see it on the said paragraph of the Report. view
• 20 Feb 2024 in Senate: On behalf of wananchi, we also tried to push zero rating of taxes on basic food, reverting turn over tax to rates in the Finance Act of 2022 and scraping the Housing levy. However, we were unable to do so. We also wanted to reinstate the 16 percent VAT on transfer of business as a growing concern. We were unable to achieve much on that too. view
• 20 Feb 2024 in Senate: This is why we continue to state that we shall try to persuade our colleagues that the current state of our economy requires us to take positive steps to reduce the burden and suffering of the mwanachi . view
• 20 Feb 2024 in Senate: Secondly, on the reconstitution of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), I am happy that the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) report has captured sentiments that were made on the Floor of this House by members of Azimio la Umoja, One Kenya Coalition (OKA) and myself personally as the Senator for Nairobi City County; that, in fact when you are reconstituting an electoral body you need concurrence of all political players. This has been reflected in the Report. view