Sunjeev Kour Birdi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: “A foreign tax payable by a person in respect of income derived from performance in a public or private place for the purposes of participating in any sporting event shall be allowed as a credit against tax charged in respect of the person’s ascertainable income.” view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: We are trying to promote our local athletes who run abroad and, as a result, they are promoting our country’s name. For example, in the United Kingdom, our athletes will pay 20 per cent but when they come back to Kenya, they pay 30 per cent. That means that they are taxed 50 per cent. view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Those people will bring their earnings back to our country and back to their constituencies. I am saying that if they are paying 20 per cent abroad, when they come back to Kenya, they can show the certificate to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and say that they have paid 20 per cent. Then they should pay 10 per cent in Kenya. view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I urge hon. Members to support this amendment. view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Speaker. I would like to put my thoughts to this very important point. I have been listening to my fellow Members of Parliament and I am wondering whether we have a fight between governors and Members of Parliament and devolution and non-devolution. Let us get that straight as a fact. 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
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I also feel that, at the end of the day, sometimes, we get our priorities wrong. That has been mentioned very many times but let me state a fact. In 1994, the Government approved the Kenya Health Policy Framework which was actually a blueprint for developing and managing health services. That policy was responding to the declining health service sector, the increase of diseases that we have in our country and the rapid population. However, when we look at what happened from 1994 to the present day, we have to see and accept that we went wrong somewhere. ... view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, with those few words, I want to thank you very much for this opportunity. view
• 19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Speaker for giving me this very valuable time to add my thoughts and support to this Bill. I could not help but think this afternoon that some of the Kenyans who might be watching us on television might think that they are watching a super opera. This is because some of the stories that have been narrated by hon. Members of Parliament are things that happen in reality and are depicted on television. That is the reality. As much as we try and hide from the situation, the fact of the matter is that in ... view
• 19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Ideally, there is one party who cannot say much. This is because he or she lives in fear. By this time of the evening as many Members of Parliament have put their thoughts on the table, I feel and hope that I do not repeat myself too much. So, I will try and say something very loudly and clearly to everybody; that the Domestic Violence Bill is neither a woman’s Bill nor a man’s Bill. I am going to say very loudly and clearly to everybody that the Protection Against Domestic Violence Bill is not a woman’s Bill. It is ... view
• 19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, so, I am very glad that this Bill is going to give some leeway and some sort of legislation ahead for these people who suffer in silence. Well, I am not a lawyer or advocate by profession but I was very impressed by some of the stories that hon. Millie brought on the table because this is reality. view