Kimani Francis Kuria

Asante sana Mhe. Spika wa Muda pia Mhe. ambaye ameleta hii ardhilhali humu Bungeni siku ya leo. Kule Molo kuna ndovu anayesumbua wananchi pale Sachangwan, Kapsoit na Soin. Wakati huyu ndovu alikuja, akina mama wa maeneo hayo walifurahi sana. Hii ni kwa sababu wazee wao walikuwa wanaenda nyumbani mapema kwa...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Reports of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on its consideration of the following:

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts Sessional Paper No.1 of 2023 on Kenya National Population Policy for Sustainable Development, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 4th October 2023.

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the chance to air my views on this proposal by Hon. Gikaria, who is one of the chairpersons of our committees. I have taken my time to go through this Report. Perhaps, Hon. Rindikiri should have provided more insight on...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on its consideration of the Privatisation Bill (National Assembly Bill No.22 of 2023) .

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker and Hon. Wangwe for your indulgence in giving me a minute. I specifically requested to speak on this matter because last week the substantive Speaker of this House ruled, through a Communication from the Chair, that the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, jointly...

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Hon. Temporary Chairman, the amendment is to align the Act with the Bill of Rights, so that we ensure that the rights of people affected by the Act are not infringed upon as per the Bill of Rights.(Section 12 as amended agreed to)The Temporary Chairman(Hon. David Ochieng’): Thank you. Any...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, I agree with my senior, Hon. TJ Kajwang’. When we make these laws, we should make them for posterity. Therefore, if adding the word “warrant” assures that the rights of these people will be taken care of in a better way, it is an amendment that we...

I will indulge my honourable colleagues. Since we have accommodated the need to search a person’s home or property with a warrant, we do not necessarily have to add that information. All these laws must be within the confines of the Constitution. We expect that sharing of this information will...

THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended—

Hon. Temporary Chairman, we heed to Hon. T.J Kajwang’s amendment as we decide on the other section before. I beg to move: THAT, the section be amended by inserting the words; ‘‘with a warrant of arrest’’ as proposed by Hon. TJ Kajwang’. With that, I beg to move. (Question, that...

Hon. Temporary Chairman before I move, I would like to welcome the students from Molo Constituency to observe our proceedings today. We have a total of 650 students from different schools across the constituency. We made sure we give them this time to come and observe our proceedings. Of course,...

So, I repeat what I did? The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : Yes, same thing. THAT, the Schedule be amended— THAT, the Schedule be amended — institutions regulated and supervised by the Central Bank and whom the provision of the Proceeds of crime apply. The new provision of 51A,...

Yes. Again, Hon. Temporary Chairman, in the spirit of making sure that we protect the rights of every Kenyan, I propose that we add the new words ‘with warrant’ as proposed by my good friend, TJ Kajwang’, and as I had proposed in the earlier amendment. This is so that...

THAT, the Schedule be amended— THAT, the Schedule be amended — (Loud consultations) This is deleting the word ‘twenty’ appearing on subsection 2 (a) and substituting it with the word ‘five’. That will be the first part. Then part… The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : What is your justification...

THAT, the Schedule of the Bill be amended in the proposed amendments to the Micro Finance Act by inserting the new Sections immediately after Section 47- New Rights and fundamental freedoms 47A. All persons subject to this Act shall enjoy all rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Constitution unless...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I have one comment and one question. At a time when we are all lamenting about how the Cabinet Secretary has performed, I would like to congratulate him on the National Secondary School Ball Games that took place at Bukhungu Stadium, Kakamega. That was really...

THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended—

For the benefit of my good friend, we are on amendment (f) on the Order Paper. I do not think it has pages. We are talking about the proposed amendment to the National Payment Systems Act. Having said that, we have two parts. The first one is tightening up the...

THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended—

Thank you for your indulgence, Hon. Temporary Chairman. You have guided Hon. Millie properly. I am willing to listen to any amendment that will enrich this Bill. I will be happy to take those amendments if we feel that they will limit the rights of any individual. That is not...

Again, we are making these laws for posterity without the intention of victimising anybody. We must make sure that we do not infringe on the rights of any person. I agree with Hon. Millie Odhiambo that we further amend 17D (2) (c) so that, that information should be revealed to...

THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended-

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. It is a great privilege to have 274 pupils from different primary schools in Molo Constituency with us in Parliament, starting with my primary school, Mwangi Michuki Primary School. That is one of Molo's hardly known public schools, which produced the Member of Parliament...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Motion. At the outset, I would like to congratulate Hon. Shakeel Shabbir - one of the most experienced legislators of this august House who keeps on being elected by the great people of Kisumu. I think...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on its consideration of the Pensions (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 44 of 2022) .

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Indeed, we received the Bill from Hon. Kamket. It is one of the Bills that the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning is processing. He will certainly hear from us before the end of 14 days.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning in its Report on the vetting of a nominee for appointment as a Chairperson of the Commission on Revenue Allocation, laid on the Table of the...

Vice-Chair.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Motion on Consideration of the Public Finance Management (National Peace Support Operations Fund) Regulations, 2023. All the speakers that have spoken talked about the accolades of our disciplined men and women. We talk about how our defence forces is one...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I will take much less than that. I beg to support this Bill of changing our debts from being on nominal terms to making them a percentage of GDP in present value terms. Probably, I would like to add a new reasoning to it. How do...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I had the advantage of being a Member of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for the entire life of the 12th Parliament. Therefore, I have seen the process of the Finance Bill for the last five years. This is the sixth year where...

THAT, Clause 2 of the Bill be amended -

Thank you Hon. Chairlady. Let me make a clarification so that we move together. Hon. Members, Clause 2 has three sections. It has part (a) that talks about the definition of winnings, part (b) talks about the definition of digital content monetisation and his does not talk about the rate...

Thank you Hon. Chairlady. I beg to move: THAT, Clause 2 (a) of the Bill be amended as follows: (Loud consultations)

That is on the definition of winnings. The other amendment is on Clause 2 (b) seeking to provide clarity on Paragraph (e) and

THAT, Clause 4 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (a) in the proposed new sub-paragraph (ii) -

Thank you very much, Hon. Chairlady. I will endeavour to take less than ten seconds to explain what the clause is about. Hon. Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 5 of the Bill be amended—

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 9 and substituting therefor the following new clause- Amendment of section 12C of Cap.470.

Hon. CPA Mbadi you are correct. What is proposed in the Bill has the minimum threshold of Ksh500 million. The Order Paper captures only the lower limit which is an error. It is not capturing the minimum which should be Ksh1 million. Let me move my amendment again. I move...

Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. I beg to move: THAT, Clause 10 of the Bill be amended in the proposed new section 12F by deleting the words “with twenty-four hours” appearing in subsection (4) and substituting therefor the words “five working days”. Hon. Chairlady, what we are doing here is that...

Hon. Chairlady, Clause 10 as per what is on the Bill was proposing that taxes which are collected by agents especially Excise Duty and VAT, that seems to be what this particular clause was targeting be remitted to Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) within 24 hours. After listening to the members...

THAT, Clause 11 of the Bill be amended by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph-

THAT, Clause 11 of the Bill be amended by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph-

THAT, Clause 12 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (b) (iii) by deleting the expression “ (ii) ” and substituting therefor the expression “ (iii) ”. This particular amendment is just a clean-up because it seeks to correct the reference of the provision to sub-section 2 (j) which is...

THAT, clause 14 of the Bill be amended by:

I beg to move: THAT, Clause 20 of the Bill be amended by –

Thank you, Hon. (CPA) Mbadi for that information. That is the correct intention of the Committee.

Hon. Chairlady, the proposed amendment by Hon. Oundo can make a good provision and actually lead to more collection. However, remember, we also have a challenge of many landlords who do not necessarily appoint agents. They decide not to have them for the properties and rent becomes payable to them...

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THAT, Clause 24 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (b) -

Hon. Chairlady, I think it is very important that we carry Members along. Clause 24 has several sections which are quite material. In part (a) , I have proposed a further amendment deleting the words “Ksh9 million” and replacing them with “Ksh9,600,000”. Part (b) demonstrates the beauty of public participation....

Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. Just to give additional information, the proposed withholding tax on digital content monetisation as per the Bill was proposed at 15 per cent. The Committee reduced that from 15 per cent to 5 per cent. Why 5 per cent? All professional fees—whether it is management fees,...

Hon. Chair, what is proposed in the Bill is a withholding tax of 15 per cent. After listening to digital content creators, they asked why we are charging them 15 per cent as if they are not like other professionals—lawyers and accountants. The withholding tax for all these management fees...

Hon. Oundo, through the Hon. Chairlady, on page 593 of the Order Paper, it reads in clause (d) ‘in sub-paragraph (vii) in the proposed paragraph

I thank Hon. Mbui for this proposed amendment. I looked at it but I do not agree with it. These are many digital content creators who generate a good…. (Hon. Members informed Hon. Kuria Kimani off record) Are we talking of the advanced taxes on vehicles?

Thank you. I thought Hon. Mbui would start by first appreciating that we have reduced the proposed tax as per the Bill from Ksh3000 to Ksh2500. Let everyone pay the rightful share of tax. In fact, people are looking at it as if it is a new amendment. It is...

Hon. Chairlady, I really want to thank all the Members that have proposed amendments on this clause. I am loving the discussion we are having in this country about digital content creators. This was a profession that nobody was talking about. This proposal has made us spend the last one...

Hon. Chairlady, I had done this. Just for the record, again, the amendment proposed by the Committee on Finance and National Planning is that Clause 24 to be amended by deleting that Ksh9 million to have Ksh9.6 million. That withholding tax from digital content creators be reduced from 15 per...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the Finance Bill (National Assembly Bill No.14 of 2023) up to Clause 24 and its approval thereof with amendments and seek leave to sit again. It is good to note that out of the...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said Report. I request the Vice-Chairman, Hon. (Amb.) Lang’at, to second the Motion for agreement with the Report of the Committee of the whole House. We have debated these matters extensively. We have considered...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Finance Bill (National Assembly Bill No.14 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. I rise before you today with a sense of gratitude and appreciation for the opportunity to speak to this National Assembly when you are all looking forward to...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Finance Bill (National Assembly Bill No.14 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. Hon. Speaker, I hold a lot of gratitude for the responsibility bestowed on the Departmental Committee of Finance and National Planning as per Standing Order 245. The Departmental...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Now that I have 15 minutes to reply, I would like to donate one minute to Hon. Chepkonga, one minute to… If you have minutes to donate, donate to Hon. Chonga as well. Go ahead. In that case, Hon. Speaker, I want to thank… (Loud consultations)

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Having listened to the mood of the House, I would like to highlight a few issues. (Hon. Raphael Wanjala remained upstanding in his place)

Hon. Speaker, I would like to correct a bit of misinformation before I reply. Hon. Members, you have said many good things during this debate. We are getting to the end where you are going to vote and express yourselves. Go on, Hon. Kuria. Hon. Speaker, I would just like...

After listening to the members of the public, through public participation, I report that we dropped the 20 per cent requirement for deposit in our courts for litigation. The digital content monetarisation was reduced from 15 per cent to five per cent. The threshold for turnover tax has been increased...