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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Feisal Abdalla Bader has been sworn in as the new Msambweni Member of Parliament.<\/p>\n

Bader took oath in the National Assembly on Tuesday afternoon, administered by the Speaker Justin Muturi, amid chants from fellow parliamentarians.<\/p>\n

The MP vowed to perform his duties as required by the law and not fail his constituents.<\/p>\n

\u201cNitakuwa mwaminifu na mtifiu kwa katiba ya Kenya. Nitatekeleza majukumu yangu kwa uaminifu. (I will obey, respect, uphold, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya and that I will faithfully and conscientiously discharge the duties of a Member of Parliament), he said.<\/p>\n

Bader, an independent candidate won the hotly-contested by-election last week, trumping his closest challenger, ODM\u2019s Omar Boga.<\/p>\n

In his acceptance speech, he thanked voters for believing in him and extended an olive branch to his opponents, promising to work together with them to improve the constituency.<\/p>\n

“I want to thank the people of Msambweni for believing in me. I want to thank all the people who walked with me through to victory. We will work with our opponents for the sake of our constituency,” he said.<\/p>\n

The seat fell vacant following the death of Suleiman Dori in March 2020, who died while undergoing treatment at the Aga Khan Hospital in Mombasa.<\/p>\n

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Bader\u2019s administration of oath was among the business\u00a0the House was conducting in a special sitting today after being recalled from December recess.<\/p>\n

The MPs are\u00a0debating\u00a0the planned reversal of key tax rates among other laws.<\/p>\n

They are discussing 13 bills, among them the Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020,\u00a0 in which the\u00a0mover Finance and National Planning Committee chair\u00a0Gladys Wanga, seeks to\u00a0reverse\u00a0the tax rates to the Income Tax Act, Cap. 470, [(Pay as You Earn (PAYE)], Corporation Tax and the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act, 2013, to the rates that existed pre-Covid.<\/p>\n

During the debate, Garissa Township MP Aden Duale was concerned that the tax laws came about as a result of pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).<\/p>\n

Duale said that in order to close the gap between the budget and projected revenues, Parliament had to make a decision and fast.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my opinion, the economy is in the ICU. We have to make a choice. Do we remove the machines so that the economy collapses or do we pass this bill in the hope that it can survive for a few months in anticipation of the pandemic getting off? he posed.<\/p>\n

The lawmakers\u00a0also debating The Constitution Amendment Bill, 2020, The Business Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020, The Judicial Service (Amendment) Bill, 2020- among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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