21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
Co-operatives have played a significant role in social-economic development of nations for centuries and are a reminder to the international community that it is possible to pursue both economic viability and social responsibility. It is against this background that the United Nations declared the year 2012 as the international year of cooperatives.
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21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
The objectives are fairly comprehensive. The objectives that guide Kenya’s development agenda were first established in Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965, on African Socialism and its application to planning in Kenya. This Paper promoted africanisation in all spheres of the economy through political equity, social justice, human dignity including freedom of consciousness, freedom from want, disease and exploitation. Equally, it promoted creation of opportunities and a high growing per capita income, which is equitably distributed. One of the outcomes of the Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965 was the enactment of the Co-operative Societies Act No.39 of 1966. It accelerated the ...
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21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
The Constitution of Kenya 2010 brought about the fundamental changes in the management of public affairs. The Constitution established two levels of Government: the national and the 47 county governments. The National Cooperative Policy aims at aligning the changes in the governance structure in the country as well as the socio-economic environment.
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21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
The functions assigned to the county governments under the Fourth Schedule include: cooperative development and regulation that was unbundled by the Transitional Authority through Legal Notice No.137 of 9th August 2013. One of the objectives of devolution is to promote social and economic development and provisions of easily accessible services throughout Kenya under the Constitution in Article 174. In doing so, all actors will be guided by the principles and values espoused in Article 10 of the Constitution. The policy review has been necessitated by change in the governance structure of the country as well as the socio-economic environment. The ...
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21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
corruption, and mismanagement of resources among others. It is against this background that the National Co-operative Policy, 2020 on Promotion of Co-operatives for Socio-economic Transformation was developed to reinvigorate and re-align the sector to the Constitution of Kenya 2010.
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21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
In addition, it is desired to address the administrative and management issues within the sector while enhancing the realisation of members’ common bond. As a consequence to the National Co-operative Development Policy, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives will develop sector legislation and regulations that will provide a comprehensive framework and support the co-operative oversight.
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21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
A brief objective of the Policy is as follows: 1. Accelerate the growth and development of the co-operative sector through legal and institutional reforms. 2. Promote co-operative production access to shared resources and values addition and marketing. 3. Enhance financial deepening and investments through co-operatives. 4. Establish and institutional framework for enhancement of co-operation, consultation and co-ordination of co-operative management. 5. Promote governance in co-operatives. 6. Develop the capacity of co-operatives through training education and research. 7. Promote adoption of ICT in co-operatives. 8. Mainstream issues related to climate change, special interest groups, and human rights in co-operatives. The Committee ...
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21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
On public participation and stakeholder engagement, Article 118(1)(b) of the Constitution provides that Parliament shall facilitate public participation involvement in legislative and other business of Parliament and its committees. Consequently, despite the State Department for Co- operatives demonstrating that it carried out adequate public participation while developing the Policy, the Committee, too, through the office of the Clerk of the National Assembly placed advertisements in two local dailies, the Nation and People Daily on 11th February 2020 calling for submissions of memoranda on the subject matter. The Committee did not receive any written submission on the Policy following the advertisement ...
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21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
The Committee further identified and invited key stakeholders for a physical meetings. We invited the Co-operative Alliance of Kenya, Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Cooperatives Limited, Sacco Society Regulatory Authority, National Co-operative Housing Union and the Council of Governors. At its sitting held on 29th July 2021, the Committee considered Sessional Paper No. 4 of 2020 on the National Co-operative Policy and unanimously resolved that it should be adopted by the House. At this juncture, the Committee wishes to thank the offices of the Speaker and the Clerk The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information ...
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21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
of the National Assembly for the support accorded to Members in fulfilment of the Committee’s mandate. Further, I wish to express my own appreciation to the members of the Committee for their commitment and valuable contributions during the sittings to deliberate on the policy and the writing of the report. I commend the Committee secretariat for exemplary performance in providing technical and logistical support to the Committee. Upon consideration of Sessional Paper No. 4 of 2020, the Committee made the following observations. I will run the House through a synopsis of what those observations are: 1. The national co-operative policy ...
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