Dennitah Ghati

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Entries 151 to 160 of 715.

• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity. From the outset, I support the Competition (Amendment) Bill. It is clear from the Bill that the Competition Authority has recognised an emerging trend where buyers are abusing their power. Today, for me, marks a very important opportunity because this amendment Bill provides us, as legislators, opportunity to combine the kinds of amendments that we are bringing with the three major roles that we have for the citizenry. I am thinking of women groups that started as social welfare groups which used to be called merry- go-round, which have since emerged ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: aspirations of the youth, women and persons living with disabilities, and in particular those who are in the rural areas, but also ensure that it directly helps us to ensure that the law that we pass helps us to represent those that are out there. Much more importantly, the amendment will enable the Competition Authority to monitor the behaviour of the entities that buy commodities from suppliers. It will also enable us to ensure that there is no way the hard work of Kenyans who would like to contribute to our economy is abused. I support this amendment Bill. It ... view
• 19 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Chairman for the opportunity to support the amendment to establish the County Assembly Fiscal Bureau. This is a critical amendment. You have seen how counties are wasting resources because there is no capacity to handle finances. We have seen damning reports from the Auditor-General in our various counties. I imagine if we had competent personnel to handle county finances, we would not be having damning reports from the Auditor-General. As the Leader of the Majority Party has said, this bureau is more of what we have in Parliament. If we had the real interest ... view
• 19 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I disagree with Hon. Wanyonyi because six months is too long. This Bill has interests. I am talking about our counties. Our counties are run by suppliers. It takes forever for a governor to pay the suppliers. I am in agreement with the suggestion of the Leader of the Majority Party of three months. Three months is already too long. We have seen so many suppliers and contractors in the counties who are not paid by the county governments for even over a year. They are languishing in poverty and their money is held at the ... view
• 19 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to also support the Competition (Amendment) Bill. Ideally, as much as we support this Bill, we seem to also have many parastatals in this country. There are so many authorities and bodies; CAK is one of the bodies. It is new. I do not think it is well-known. So many Kenyans still do not know about this body. I have a feeling that The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 19 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: this is a body that is yet to pick up and develop teeth as we say. That is the reason why it is seeking the teeth to bite and do this work. This is a Bill that seeks to protect majority of our people who are generally SMEs in this country. Our economy is largely driven by SMEs. Therefore, I strongly feel that they must be protected in this country. About 90 per cent of persons who form the SMEs that this Bill seeks to protect are majorly the persons or small companies that are protected by what we call ... view
• 19 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: This Bill also seeks to investigate some of the companies that use their powers. We see them. Most of the counties take a year to pay suppliers. We have contractors who stay for a year without being paid by the county governments. They supply their services to the county governments but they stay for a year without being paid. Some even die and they leave their families with the burden of finding out what happened to their work. We have a body that seeks to regulate and look into the affairs of the suppliers. So, this is a very good ... view
• 19 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: I support this Bill. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, let me use the other microphone. I wish to draw your attention to an issue. On 8th October, I asked a Question to the Ministry of Education seeking to know the number of special needs schools in the country. Also, I asked the Ministry of Education to give me the number of infrastructural development funds and the support that the schools received, especially with the schools that we are calling the special needs schools. It has been quite some time; two months now. The Ministry and the Departmental Committee on Education and Research has not answered my Question. ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: I seek your indulgence. view