Augostinho Neto Oyugi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Part VI of Clause 45 talks about designated areas. Early on, I spoke to an encampment policy. Ordinarily, this is a policy on where refugees are supposed to be staying for only a short period of time. When the Somalia refugees came into the country in the 1990s, they were given sections of Dadaab where they were supposed to be staying. But because there is no proper control of designated areas, we have ended up with refugees intermarrying with local communities. If you go to Dadaab right now, you will find it difficult to differentiate between the people in the ... view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: refugee. The officer has power to question any recognized or protected person or any person who claims to be a refugee. The importance of this is to ensure that all the records concerning refugees that we have are intact. We must have a record of everyone who is admitted as a refugee. Clause 67, which is fairly important, speaks to the issue of legal aid. Article 59 of the Kenya Constitution agrees that every Kenyan, and everyone else who is in Kenya, is supposed to benefit from legal aid. We are also proposing, under Clause 67 of this Bill, that ... view
• 15 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this chance. This is one of the best pieces of legislation that has emanated from the Senate. I really think that you need to laud them for this particular legislation. The only thing I would like to say about it is that it is a legislation coming too late in the day. We have done a lot of disservice to county assemblies. For the assemblies to work or operate without a proper framework it is totally unfair. You appreciate that corruption has been rampant among counties and some could have been facilitated by ... view
• 15 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: and things that should be tidied up and sent to regulations. I will be mentioning a couple of the sections. I think Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) should really appreciate that we are passing, at long last, a law that will give them a fund and money that can make them operate and not to be subservient and operate under the whims of county governors. The onus is upon them, as MCAs, to check county governors in the manner they are supposed to be doing as per the law. On specific provisions of this Bill, Clause 3 speaks to the ... view
• 15 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 12 of this Bill speaks to the fact that the board is being given a chance to acquire, hold, charge and dispose of movable and immovable property. That is a good provision. We only need to safeguard it so that we guard against primitive accumulation. We also need to see how we are going to have transition between one board and the next so that the property and assets of various boards are not lost in the course of transition. Lastly, because I can see my time is up, I would like to speak to Clause 18 on the ... view
• 13 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to support this particular Bill. Hon. Katoo ole Metito spoke very well. He spoke to the essence of the competition law. We agree that the competition law ought to be one that promotes and safeguards the market as it is in consumer protection, and also helps with restrictive trade practises as well as monopoly. It is possible, particularly in this Bill, to see that there is an attempt to put proper enforcement mechanisms. This is because, ordinarily in the competition law, you really need a proper enforcement mechanism as most of the times ... view
• 13 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: I think that needs to be defined. There is an attempt in Clause 5 (2D) to say what “buyer power” would ordinarily mean. However, if we do not refine the prohibition in Clause 5 (2A), then I really think that the definition of “buyer power” which is contained in Clause 5 (2D) might not really be very useful. The buyer power here is said to mean:- “The influence exerted by an undertaking or a group of undertakings in the position of a purchaser of a product or service.” If that particular abuse is not defined properly, then we might not ... view
• 13 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: New Section 70 (A) reads:- view
• 13 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 13 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: “Pursuant to the provisions of this Part, the Authority may, on its own initiative or upon receipt of information or a complaint from any person, government agency, Ministry or consumer body, initiate investigation into a consumer complaint.” view