Stephen Mutinda Mule

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: I want this to go on record; a candidate for presidency, parliamentary or county election shall be selected by persons who are members of respective political parties and whose names appear on the party membership list as submitted to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). I want to tell party-hoppers that there is no more party- hopping. I want to tell this country that the leadership of this country, both in the Jubilee 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
• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: Coalition and the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) have realised that we have people who come to this House and instead of propagating and moving the agenda of the parties which brought them here, they take off. Those days are gone. You are either in Jubilee or CORD. Make a decision now. I can attest to you that I am not going to move from the Wiper Democratic Movement. I am waiting for them to come. I will deal with them at the nominations and we go for elections and have a strong Parliament of people who have a ... view
• 30 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I want to oppose the dropping of excisable goods imported for direct use in the manufacture of sanitary towels. I believe this is an issue which has been canvassed extensively in the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. There was a Petition in this House on the same. We presented the same in Mombasa and the Committee agreed with what I said. That, the goods which are brought to manufacture sanitary pads are charged excisable duty which makes the end product more expensive and disadvantages the local manufacturers and our girls in this country. The ... view
• 30 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. First and foremost, I want to be very clear. I am being asked to give a particular item, but a sanitary pad is a sanitary pad. We will get to the details of the items which are used to make sanitary pads on Clause 27. They are clearly written. If we drop this amendment right now, we will be cornered at Clause 27 and we will not get the exemption we are looking for. It is sad for girls who cannot speak in this House to find men who want to oppose exemption of ... view
• 30 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. The team from the National Treasury is saying that the goods which the Chair is proposing to drop are not excisable, but my worry is very simple. Currently we do not have a clear list from the National Treasury on the taxes which they charge on sanitary pads. This is why we need to look at this thing at Committee level. view
• 30 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, it is very clear. We are going to oppose the dropping of this amendment. The National Treasury claims that they are not excisable, but can they show us where in law it is not excisable? We want it to be clear so that tomorrow nobody puts excisable duty on these items. view
• 30 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I would like to guide the House very clearly. First and foremost, we have deleted the entire Clause 22. My concern is Clause 22(a)(10). I want to beg the House, under Standing Order No.49, that we rescind the decision which we have made to delete the entire Clause 22 and then deal with Clause 22 and its sub-clauses individually so that we can deal with Clause 22(a)(10). That way, whatever else they want will be okay. view
• 30 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you very much. I want to thank the Chair for the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade, and the entire Committee. Clauses 27(a)(vii)68 and 70 all the way to Clause 89 have the items we want to exempt from VAT. This will make the manufacturing of sanitary pads in this country affordable. It will also create more jobs. The Government will also reap from the Pay as You Earn (PAYE) from the factories. This will also encourage investors to remain in this country instead of running away to Egypt, Tanzania and other countries. This amendment will enable the ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Bill. The Bill proposes very clear measures that will lead to the recovery of our economy. If you look at the tourism industry, it has been highly affected because of some of the taxation imposed on it. I believe that with the proposal of exempting VAT at the gate, it will encourage more tourists to come to this country. When we were growing up, we knew very well that tourism was No.2 after agriculture in foreign exchange earnings. I believe it is high time we reclaimed our glory of encouraging ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: from VAT. We do not expect the cost of treatment of cancer to be the same again. That must be passed to the patient and it must be reduced with immediate effect. view