LANGAT BENJAMIN KIPKIRUI

Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you very much for the opportunity to contribute to the approval of… We are not dealing with the Privatisation Bill. I am aware, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Yes, then proceed. Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you very much for the opportunity to contribute to the approval of this...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity.

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. As has been said, this is not a new Bill. It had already been passed in 2023 but the courts annulled it. The reason it was annulled was mainly because of lack of...

On a point of order. Yes, Hon. Benjamin. What is your point of order? Give Hon. Benjamin Lang’at the microphone. Hon. Speaker, Mheshimiwa is my friend. However, according to the Standing Orders, one cannot discuss the character of a person without a substantive motion. Who has he discussed? He has...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to join my colleagues in condoling with the families that lost their children. I have reduced the contribution time to one minute now. Go on. Hon. Speaker, there is a wealth of information. I have heard Members talk. I was in the 11th Parliament...

Hon. Speaker, Dr Ariko is a fellow member in the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, and I know him very well. But the gentleman standing there is not Dr Ariko.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First and foremost, I wish to welcome all the students from the various schools visiting Parliament today. I wish them an enjoyable tour of Parliament and wherever else they will be visiting. In particular, I warmly welcome the students of Moi Girls Eldoret, because among them...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that, the County Public Finance Laws Amendment Bill (Senate Bill No. 39 of 2023) , be now read a Second Time. This is a fairly simple Bill because we are seeking to maintain the County Assembly's financial autonomy by creating what...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity again to reply. I thank all Members who took their time to go through the Bill and make serious contributions to it. I already instructed our secretariat, led by one Benjamin Magut, to follow this debate and take note of what Members...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Chukua dakika moja. I want to first welcome the guests in the Speaker’s Gallery. Their visit will go down in history as having brought the necessary changes to this republic. Being stateless is the worst form of discrimination. I am talking...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thank the Member for making that very important request. I also thought that the request should be referred to the Departmental Committee on Education unless the Member has information that the money has not been released from the National Treasury to the Ministry of Education.

Hon. 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:

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me join my colleagues in congratulating the former Prime Minister for putting up a brave fight before the world. When the results for the first round came in, we all celebrated. He won in the first round. It is only in rounds two and...

It is only in the third and fourth rounds that other geopolitics came into play and countries supported other countries on that basis. However, I want to congratulate and thank the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister and the President. It is not easy to support somebody you have been competing with....

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to second. (Question proposed) ADJOURNMENT

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I was in support of the position of the Committee because I am the Vice-chairman of the Committee, but I want to support the compromised position: Ksh1 billion core capital has been working for the last eight years. If we come back and say we...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, I support the amendment on the interest on infrastructure and green bonds not being taxed. That will encourage many Kenyans to invest and contribute to their country’s economy. Creation of family trusts is a succession planning tool where people create trusts for their children in future. It...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to discuss the Tax Procedures (Amendment) Bill. Previously, every tax law had its procedure in terms of what to pay, how to pay and what documents to file. Over time, it was agreed that we need to harmonise all the...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill on behalf of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. As you can remember, when the Bill was read for the First Time, the Hon. Speaker gave responsibility to two Committees. These are the Departmental Committee on Trade,...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I said that previously, these non-deposit-taking credit providers, including the digital lenders, were not under the regulation of the Central Bank of Kenya. They could do anything, including taking your boda boda, leaving you with nowhere to go. We have now brought them under the Central Bank's...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What is your point of order, Hon. Benjamin? Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Member mentioned that we are seeking to introduce mergers, which is misinforming the public. The Bill seeks to progressively increase the core capital of different banks from Ksh1 billion to...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute on this Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill of 2024. As you may have noted, this is an Omnibus Bill seeking to amend the Income Tax Act, the VAT Act of 2013, the Excise Duty Act, and the Miscellaneous Fees...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to thank the Hon. Member for bringing up this matter. Drugs are threatening to kill our whole generation. As the Committee looks into this matter, I want to propose that they look at the actors and the failures in terms of enforcement. We might...