Florence Kajuju

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• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Clause 22 explains how the county governments and the national Government will go about the issue of licensing various traditional knowledge and cultural expressions that are going to be there. It will be a shared function of the county governments and the national Government. The Cabinet Secretary (CS) who will be in charge of the execution of this particular Bill will have a lot of leeway in ensuring that each and every step taken, the people in charge will seek his advice. More importantly, Clause 22 deals with the issue of when parties enter into a licensing agreement. They are ... view
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Clause 24 of the Bill provides for equitable sharing of benefits arising from the commercial or industrial use of the knowledge to be determined by mutual agreement between the parties. If the parties have a common source of the traditional knowledge and cultural expressions, this Bill will provide a way in which the parties, by mutual agreement, can enter 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
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: into an equitable benefit of sharing resources so that none of them is denied what he or she is supposed to have. view
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Kenyans are very rich in culture and diversity. Those are some of the things we should protect. I believe the drafters of the Constitution must have seen that we need to protect our culture and diversity because our ancestors were there. Within our counties, there are various traditional elders as well. In Meru County, we have our very own esteemed Njuri Ncheke Council of Elders. Much as it does not bring on board the women, we appreciate them. Those are the people who guide the community, advise the young people and protect the heritage of Meru County. That is why ... view
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: I believe this Bill is good and will ensure that we do not get lost and suffer lack of knowledge and wisdom that our forefathers believed in. Most importantly, we should pass it on to the generations to come. Therefore, it is my submission that the protection of traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions is a very good Bill. I request Members to look at it and support it. Once we do this, we will not only be doing it for ourselves, but also for the future generation. We must have a legacy or something to pass on to the ... view
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: I, therefore, second the Bill. Thank you. view
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to thank Hon. Members who have spoken before me and the Leader of the Majority Party. It is unfortunate that we are debating this issue through a letter or memo written by the CJ. I am happy that he is willing to appear before the PAC. We had this issue last year with the CJ in the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. At that point in time, the CJ totally refused to appear before the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. Our indication to him was that our Standing Orders ... view
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Court or the Chairperson of the JSC or the PSC. That needs to be dealt with regard to Article 125 of the Constitution. Be that as it may, every person has a right. Equity demands that a party ought to be given an opportunity to defend himself. Let us give him that opportunity because it appears that he feels aggrieved by the Report that has been made by the PAC. He feels that there are issues that he may want to defend himself on. This memo appears to be giving a defence after the closure of the case. Let us ... view
• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I am a Member of this Committee. We looked at the various issues affecting our administration of justice especially within the subordinate courts. One issue that has been upheld in the Civil Procedure Code and the Constitution is access to justice. Most of the time, we have been speaking about the geographical jurisdiction of courts without thinking about the pecuniary jurisdiction of the courts. It is important that as much as we are trying to devolve the courts to the counties and the sub-counties, we must ensure that the presiding magistrates in those courts ... view
• 10 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This report is very important. We have been speaking about integration and free movement of goods and services. At our weighbridges, there is no free movement of goods and services. A lot of time is wasted at the weighbridges. view