Capt. William Kamuren Chirchir Chepkut

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is, indeed, a great Motion. The Instrument for Ratification of the Agreement for the Establishment of the International Anti-Corruption Academy as an International Organisation is key. On ratification and its agreement according to Section 12 of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, 2012, Kenya is a member. I am happy that the Cabinet approved it. We are now debating and we shall approve it. After that, we shall establish a national anti-corruption academy in our country. We have 47 counties in our nation and they shall establish counties anti-corruption academies. Since you are a senior ... view
• 3 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Commission (EACC) and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) should have a coordinated approach in the fight against corruption. The EACC should issue certificates of integrity in the same way the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) issues certificates of good conduct. I have mentioned integrity because it is all about an individual’s history and lifestyle. I support life skills. I want our children to learn life skills for employment purposes. It is good that they learn. If you Google the Oxford Dictionary, education is defined as a process of giving or receiving systematic instructions in primary schools, secondary schools, universities ... view
• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, my apology... view
• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: First, His Excellency the President Uhuru Kenyatta, who is also the Head of State and Government, and Commander-in-Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces, according to Article 131(E), is a Five Star General. Therefore, his decision is between him and God. Therefore, I support the amendment fully and in totality. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: The one on housing. Hon. Limo is a second term Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I am supporting Clause 34. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Bill. First of all, I support the progressive regime because I want the rich to be taxed so that the wellbeing and welfare of the poor people can be looked into. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I want to talk about maize. In the Big Four Agenda of His Excellency the President, who happens to be the number one farmer in the Republic of Kenya…. My constituency is in Uasin Gishu County, which is the bread basket of this Republic. I want Government incentives. Up to now, the KRA and National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) have not paid my farmers. I have great farmers in my constituency. His worship the late Athanas Kandie and Mayor Leshew have large tracts of land. KRA and NCPB have not paid their money to a tune of Kshs2 billion. ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I am happy with the new Commissioner-General of KRA, Mr. Mburu. He is great a man. He is competent, committed and he is a great man of God. When it comes to digital platform in our own market places, the youth - both young men and young women - who constitute 70 per cent of the total population of this country are below the age of 35 years. Unemployment is the greatest challenge that we have in our country. Therefore, I will not support taxation of young people. I have my reservations. I will support the Finance Bill save for ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: On capital gains, since housing is in the Big Four Agenda of His Excellency the President, I want it to remain at 5 per cent and not increased to 12.5 per cent so as to act as an incentive. I do not have an issue with the withholding tax being reduced from 6 per cent to 2 per cent. We must have incentives in place to encourage our people. I support fully the zero-rating of timber. When it comes to conservation of the environment, I am number one. I moved a Motion here in Parliament that planting of trees in ... view