LANGAT BENJAMIN KIPKIRUI

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you very much for the opportunity to contribute to the approval of… The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Peter Kaluma) We are not dealing with the Privatisation Bill. Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) I am aware, Hon. Temporary Speaker. 1st October 2025 NATIONAL...

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity.

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) 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...

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) : 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....

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) On a point of order.

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) Hon. Speaker, Mheshimiwa is my friend. However, according to the Standing Orders, one cannot discuss the character of a person without a substantive motion.

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) He has discussed the Governor of his County.

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to join my colleagues in condoling with the families that lost their children.

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) Hon. Speaker, there is a wealth of information. I have heard Members talk. I was in the 11th Parliament and I am aware that we passed a law on the deputy president and other State officers’ retirement. In that Act, a retired deputy president, chief...

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) 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.

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) 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...

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) 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...

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) Yes, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to move and ask the Hon. Members to support this Bill in order to support our county assemblies. I request my colleague, Hon. Irene Mayaka, to second.

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) 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...

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity.

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) 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 as a former Ambassador of Kenya to...

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) 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...

Hon (Amb) Benjamin Lang'at (Ainamoi, UDA) 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:

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) 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...

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) 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...

Hon. Banjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to second. (Question proposed) ADJOURNMENT

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) 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...

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) 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...

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) 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...

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, Clause 7 of the Bill seeks to amend Section 59A of the principal Act to provide for the integration of the electronic 3rd December 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 16 Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA)tax system with iTax. This Clause faced a lot...

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) 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...

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) 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...

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) 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 Ksh10 billion in three years. We are not telling banks to...

Hon. Benjamin Lang’at (Ainamoi, UDA) 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...

Hon Benjamin Lang'at (Ainamoi, UDA) 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...