21 Oct 2014 in National Assembly:
I was going to speak to that other encomium conferred upon me by hon. Duale. I really thank him for believing that I am sufficiently or a bit intelligent. I appreciate you. Thank you. I feel honoured, hon. A.B. Duale. This particular Bill is very important. When you leave a profession such as investments uncontrolled, that is how you invite anarchy. In fact, now I understand why most Kenyans might not have been interested in investing in securities. It is because no one was regulating it! You would put in your money, there would be no returns and half of ...
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21 Oct 2014 in National Assembly:
documented will be very useful. The best part of this Bill, in my opinion, is Section 8(g) which seeks to design an initial ethics test. It is appreciating that there are many people who could have qualified as members of the institute, but they ought to be subjected to an ethics test because they might have been in investments, but they might not have undertaken an ethics test. I really think subjecting people to the ethics test and determining their professionalism is something that really ought to be considered. The registration of the Board under Section 13 is a good ...
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21 Oct 2014 in National Assembly:
Finally, I would like to speak about Section 26 of the Bill which gives out disciplinary provisions. The disciplinary provisions read together with Section 8(g) of this particular Bill talks about ethics, disqualification and deregistration. It will make the securities and investment section in this country one that is robust and professional. Many more Kenyans will be more encouraged to invest in securities and also stocks. With those few remarks, I would like to support this Bill. We look forward to proposing a couple of amendments when we come to the Committee of the whole House. Thank you.
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21 Oct 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Of course, I do respect the hon. Abongotum’s good parlance on Jurassic and pre-Cambrian. But I am wondering whether the hon. Member is in order to tell us that if you look at the New York Stock Exchange and the Nairobi Stock, you will be flabbergasted. I appreciate his choice of language, but what is flabbergasting in the Nairobi Stock Exchange?
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27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
My matter has been sorted out by his statement.
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20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. Article 27 of the Constitution is very clear in terms of right to equality and people should not be discriminated against on any ground. I have been listening carefully to the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. He has said that the albinism programme was first supposed to be implemented through the albinism society. He has also talked about the programme being implemented through our health centres by provision of sunscreens. Could he come out clearly in terms of how the programme on people with albinism is being implemented and what ...
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20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
enjoy their rights to sunscreens and others that they ought to enjoy?This is as opposed to telling us that there were hiccups here and there.
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20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Would I be in order if I requested that we limit the debate time for each Member to three minutes?
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19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I rise to second this Bill. This Bill has seen several lives and I am happy that today, at least, we start the debate on it to give it effect. This Bill is of primary importance because it does several things. One, it gives support to several provisions of the Constitution. One such provision is Article 29(c) which prohibits any persons to be subjected to any form of violence, from either public or private persons. The same is in Article 59 of the Constitution which talks about the security of the person. Article 53(1) of the Constitution is ...
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19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
important because it protects men, women and children. We know for a fact that the nature of families right now is that not any particular cadre is subject to violence. Children in relationships; men in relationships and women in relationships suffer violence. Therefore, there is need to have a regime that protects all and sundry. In fact, that is why the preamble of this Bill becomes very useful; that it is one that is to provide protection of a spouse and any children or other dependent persons and to provide for matters connected therewith. You will appreciate that in the ...
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