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"speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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"content": "(Perpetual Succession) Act (Cap.164). This is to provide that the Registrar of Companies as defined under Section 2 of the Companies Act, 2015, shall be responsible for: the registration of trusts and issuance of certificates of incorporation; processing of applications for incorporations; form of an application; keeping and maintaining of a register; conduct of searches in the registry; and making of regulations. The Bill proposes to amend the Industrial Training Act (Cap.237) to provide that the date for remitting the training levy shall be the ninth day of the month. In order, to harmonise it with the period within which Pay As You Earn (PAYE) is remitted to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). The Bill proposes to amend the Traffic Act (Cap. 403) to incorporate the use of technology in the management of minor traffic offences. The Bill proposes to amend the Sexual Offences Act, 2006 (No.3 of 2006) to provide, that the register of convicted sexual offenders shall be kept and maintained by the Chief Registrar of the Judiciary. We need to have a register of sexual offenders in this country and this amendment speaks to that. The Bill proposes to amend the Employment Act, 2007 (No.11 of 2007) to exempt the National Intelligence Service (NIS) from the application of the Act, in the same manner as other national security organs are exempted. It also proposes to amend the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Paraprofessionals Act, 2011 to make minor corrections, to the provisions relating to the definition of the words ‘animal’, ‘animal resource industry’, ‘annual licence’, ‘private practise’, ‘register’, ‘veterinary medicine’ and grammatical errors occurring in other provisions of this Act. This is the Act that you see very many people posting that, if you keep a cow, you should have a licence of Ksh5,000. This is neither here nor there and is a creation of some busy bodies out there. We have certain definitions we need to make in this Bill. The Public Finance Management Act, 2012 (No.18 of 2012) will be amended to cure inconsistencies in the provisions of the Act, on the submission of the Finance Bill. We have amendments to the Universities Act, 2012 (No.42 of 2012) to provide for the declaration of technical universities under Section 25 (1) of the Act in respect to public institutions that were national polytechnics. The Office of the Attorney-General Act, 2012 (No. 49 of 2012) is going to be amended to remove inconsistencies in the operation framework of the Office of the Attorney-General in line with Article 156 of the Constitution that establishes the Office of the Attorney-General as an independent office. As I close, we also have amendments in the Civil Aviation Act, 2013. The Bill also proposes to amend the Value Added Tax, 2013, to reclassify the supply of gas metres of tariff number 9028.10.00 and the supply of denatured ethanol of tariff number 2207.20.00 as exempt and zero rated, respectively. Lastly, the Bill proposes to amend the Privatization Act, 2023 (No.11 of 2023) to cure inconsistencies between the role of the Authority and the Cabinet Secretary. Hon. Deputy Speaker, as I second this Bill, I request Members of this House to go through the many clauses that are changing. At times, people call this the guillotining of law and sometimes very many laws can pass without catching the eyes of Members. Therefore, we can pass bad laws because Members did not go through this thoroughly to ensure they understand the provisions given. During the Third Reading, we do not just pass Bills but sift through, understand the laws and amendments made, so that we end up with good laws. We have seen a flurry of court cases on some amendments and laws we have passed. The courts have been ahead of us in many things. I think as we process this Bill, we shall be wide-awake to the fact that we need to do due diligence and pass good laws. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I second. Thank you."
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