Zachary Kwenya Thuku

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support the Report by the Committee on Delegated Legislation. As I support, I would like to point out the fact that the success of any government or economy depends on its fiscal policy. We have two kinds of taxes that are very important in this country because they yield so much in terms of revenue – Pay as You Earn (PAYE) and Value Added Tax (VAT). The Regulations that have been brought to this House are very important because VAT is a tax that is collected at source ... view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I hope by the time I am done, he will know what he wanted with the intervention. We have seen situations where the President gives a directive that all monies be refunded to taxpayers as provided and this does not happen. For example, one mitigation measure taken by the President in terms of ensuring business people are refunded their money did not happen. view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: I pray and ask our Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning to follow and see that such directives are implemented. We are talking about making this country a business hub and easy for our people to do business. view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support the Report. view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I will be a bit fast because of time, so that I can donate some time to Hon. K.J. As I support this Bill on Business Laws (Amendment) Bill which is a raft of statutes, I wish to state from the outset that as much as I support, I think whatever it is that we are trying to address is so simplistic. The laws that we should address are the laws that touch directly on the business community that we have in the Republic of Kenya. Indeed, the kind of requirements that businesspeople go ... view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: that you have to be tax compliant and maybe you are a youth becomes so difficult because you are expected to file returns every month failure to which you are expected to pay a fine of Kshs 10,000. Many of our young people are not able to do business today because they cannot comply with that one simple rule. I wish to conclude by saying that the Leader of the Majority Party should take note of this as he plans to bring other laws that relate to doing business. He should look wholesomely at the deterrents that cause our people ... view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I just wanted to bring to your attention that the Member is using the term "bribing" in a context likely to distort the actual meaning of that word. Bribery we know, of course, is payment to induce or to cause someone to behave otherwise to look the other side. Therefore, I call upon you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, to ask the Member to withdraw and apologise to the House for misleading us. view
• 26 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to this Report by the Departmental Committee on Health. It is interesting that we are discussing a pandemic that is with us. Of course, about eight months ago when it was declared a pandemic, the country started its preparedness. Nevertheless, we are still grappling with its reality by losing our frontline workers, losing citizens and many of our citizens getting infected day in, day out. The most interesting thing that I have read from this Report is the fact that KEMSA still holds about 95 per cent of the ... view
• 26 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I conclude, under Recommendation No. 39 on medical insurance cover and arrears for contract staff, it is sad to note that it is still pending. How 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
• 26 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: many times must we debate and sound an alarm before it is implemented? Money has been set aside, and yet nothing is happening. Someone must bite the bullet. If the Principal Secretart, who is the Accounting Officer, or the Cabinet Secretary are sleeping on the job, they should step aside and allow other competent Kenyans to run the Ministry of Health so that Kenyans stop going through this pain and shame. I support the Report and hope that it is going to be implemented. view