Benjamin Kipkirui Langat was elected as the MP of the Ainamoi constituency in 2008 upon the death of his brother who previously represented the constituency
27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, just give me a minute.
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27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I am sorry for that. I can see hon. Members have become very agitated. We sought to clean up by amending Section 23 on the Competition Act 2010. The intention of that section was to introduce further definitions of organizations which are dominant. They may not have abused their dominance, but it at least defines what is to be in a dominant position.
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27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
I am simply saying it was just cleaning up what was actually a typing error.
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27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
What I am saying is that the intention of that section was to further define what it means to be in a dominant position in a market. The issue of abuse of dominance is covered in another section of the Competition Act. I am trying to correct that by deleting the words “abuse of dominance”, and saying “be dominant”, so that it reads as follows: “Notwithstanding Sub-Section (1) an undertaking shall also be deemed to be in a dominant position for the purposes of this Act where the undertaking is” The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for ...
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27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
These are, though not dominant controls, at least 40 per cent but not more than 50 per cent of the market share, unless it can show that it does not have a market power. Two, it controls less than 40 per cent but has a market power. This is to ensure that organizations which control more than 40 per cent of a market--- They may not abuse that power but they are so powerful. This is because if they can act in a market with a 40 per cent share, the market will be disturbed. This is just to provide ...
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27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:-
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27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
THAT, Clause 34 be deleted. The effect of this is to delete that amendment---
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27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the effect of the amendment to Clause 34 is to delete---
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27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the effect of that is to delete that clause. Those are amendments to the NSSF Act and during our deliberations it came out clearly that there were no consultations between the two Ministries, namely, the Ministry of National Treasury and the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Services. 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.
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27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
It was the view of the Committee that we delete the amendments and let them consult. Once they agree in future, we can carry over the amendments. Again, we did the amendments to the NSSF Act less than a year ago.
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