Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

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• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: 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
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me to make one or two comments. The issue of tax administration in this country has become very emotive because of the high handedness of the KRA and others involved in tax matters. Many people have genuine complaints to do with taxation, but the courts take so long to arbitrate and the KRA is non-responsive. I believe these amendments which are putting the Tax Appeals Tribunal squarely under the Judiciary will help in expediting pending appeals and ensure justice for all in this country. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute on this matter. Let me go on record that I have spent almost 30 donkey years administering the various legislations in this particular field. So, it is an area that I am extremely conversant with, and I know the challenges that have been there before that led to this particular Bill in the House today. view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: The idea to collapse the various Acts dealing with the relationship between the landlord and the tenant has been on the table since early 1990’s. We have had the Distress for Rent Act, the Rent Restriction Act, the Land Lord and Tenant Shops Hotels and Catering Establishment Act that have generally set and determined the relationship between the landlord and the tenant. view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: A relationship always arises between a landlord and a tenant. A landlord is an investor who has invested in a property for the sole purposes of getting returns. The returns could be regular income in terms of rent as well as capital appreciation which can be realised at the point of disposal. A tenant is someone seeking shelter, has no place of his own and has no present capacity to have an own housing. So, it is a purely commercial and economic arrangement where there is demand and supply. Obviously that indicates that there are some fundamentals that need to ... view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Secondly, there has been this talk that everybody in this country requires housing, although the definition of housing has been misunderstood all over by people who do not understand the principals and policies of housing. It does not mean all housing is housing. As long as you have shelter and you can pay for it, you indeed have housing. Naturally we would have a legislative framework that underpins or organises the sector as an economic activity, and to some extent, as a social activity. Many times there have been cries and complains from both sides of the divide. The landlords ... view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: On the other side, the so called tenants and occupants,at a cost or a fee, have complained that landlords have acted draconian and outside the law in terms of increasing the rent, terminating the tenancy, eviction and maintaining the physical structure of the properties. That is why this journey begun when I was a Member of the Executive Committee of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya, and we started this journey with the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, as it was then. I am happy that it has culminated into a combined Bill that seeks, in Clause 65, ... view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute on this matter. Let me go on record that I have spent almost 30 donkey years administering the various legislations in this particular field. So, it is an area that I am extremely conversant with, and I know the challenges that have been there before that led to this particular Bill in the House today. view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Bill basically sets the terms and conditions of the relationship. More fundamentally, it sets a single tribunal, unlike in the past where we used to have separate tribunals; One for residential housing and another one for commercial. Good enough, it moves the management of the tribunal from the Cabinet Secretary (CS) in charge of the matter presently, to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) as required in the Constitution. It is hoped in such a manner, therefore, that we would have a more robust and professionally run tribunal that can offer justice to the litigants who ... view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: The idea to collapse the various Acts dealing with the relationship between the landlord and the tenant has been on the table since early 1990s. We have had the Distress for Rent Act, the Rent Restriction Act, the Land Lord and Tenant (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) Act that have generally set and determined the relationship between the landlord and the tenant. view