David Mwalika

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The President’s Speech was a good one despite the inconsistency in data, and I wonder who is giving him wrong data. One issue I liked about his Speech is the proposal to invest Ksh5 trillion in our infrastructure that is roads, electricity and water supply...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, you have said it all. Hon. Muhia’s concerns are simple; there are either no funds or the contractors are not being supervised. I have listened to Hon. Dawood, and he has not fully answered her concerns. It is upon the Ministry to give this House satisfactory answers...

Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. From the outset, let me say this Bill is very innovative. I do not think we have had such an innovative Bill on pension like this one, whereby the proposal is to increase annually, the pension for Judges by the rate of inflation....

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Chairman. We need to understand the essence of this Bill. It is made for the sole purpose of turning around Government-Owned Enterprises (GOEs) . We require experienced people and professionals to turn around these enterprises and sell them at a profit at one point....

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. As the Leader of the Majority Party has said, the 33 per cent has been very restrictive. We need to open it up so that we can get more investors coming in, and for companies to be able to mobilise resources for expansion. With...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Everybody knows that the country cannot industrialise without enough and affordable energy. Energy is the input in manufacturing. As the Leader of the Majority Party said earlier, when we were in Mombasa last week, most of the companies complained that power is very expensive in...

Hon. Mbui is called Robert. I am David. He is Hon. David Mboni. He is a very serious member of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, which is transacting this Bill. Yes, and Members should listen to what I am saying. I support the Bill. There are over...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. As you said earlier, this Bill was poorly drafted. This is a very new area. In Africa, Kenya is the third country to enact such a law. Even developed countries like the United States of America have only recently enacted a law on virtual assets....

I tend to disagree with Hon. Kaluma. This is because Clause 6 is talking about the bodies or the institutions which will regulate the partial assets providers. These are the Capital Market Authority, Central Bank of Kenya and any other body which is established under written law, that the Cabinet...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, we do not need the definition of a digital marketplace in New Clause 45A (4) of the Bill. Maybe, we can take it to Clause 2 of the Bill where the definitions are. I have looked at the Bill, but I have not seen anywhere the word...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I second. (Question proposed)

Thank you. I also support this Motion and wish it could be transformed into a Bill that can be enacted. Listening to what Members are talking about, all we need are policy issues that would come through a Bill. So many issues in the sports sector need to be addressed....

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. From the outset, I support this Bill. It is not because I am a member of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, but rather it is because my background is in economics. Therefore, a Bill like this one is in my area of...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. From the outset, I wish to thank Hon. Martha for proposing this Bill. I fully support it. During my time at the World Bank, I managed the Statistical Capacity Building Project. We funded various activities to enhance the collection and dissemination of vital...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the Motion. However, I disagree with what the Mover said that Prime Minister Netanyahu is leading a gang of people to kill Palestinians. It is not in order to say that a sitting Prime Minister is leading a gang. The conflict in the...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, I support the amendment. On the Ksh550 billion in tax expenditure, 60 per cent is on VAT alone. Manufacturers often pass the VAT cost to consumers while still claiming input VAT refunds. The KRA is already struggling to pay the refunds. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’)...