Prof. Githu Muigai

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: (c) Finally, the Attorney General is not aware of any receivers who, upon appointment, have ended up starting business similar in nature with the companies they were appointed to manage, while under receivership. view
• 24 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not have them here. In the very nature of receiverships, I venture to suggest with respect to the hon. Member that this is the sort of answer that is impossible to give. This is because he asks how much the Government has lost through companies that were placed under receivership. What we can provide is how much the Government sold these companies for after the receivership. As to the loss, a loss would be a complex calculus of many things. It is difficult to ascertain that. However, I am quite happy if you ... view
• 24 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy, Speaker, I beg to move the Partnership Bill, 2010. Partnerships are in this country currently governed by the Partnership Act, Cap.29, of the Laws of Kenya. Unlike part companies--- view
• 24 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Partnership Bill, 2010 be now read a Second Time. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am grateful for the intervention of my hon. colleague. This Bill was developed as a result of the recommendations of the taskforce on companies, insolvencies and partnerships that was formed in 1992. The Bill is intended to provide clarity with regard to partnerships, particularly with regard to the manner in which partnerships break up or are wound up. In addition to this, this Bill has elaborate provisions with regard to limited partners in a partnership and ... view
• 24 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to respond. I want to start by thanking very much those Members who have contributed to this Bill, especially the two distinguished Members who made reference to previous association between me and them. They have more than vindicated that it was a good career move to be involved in molding future lawyers. view
• 24 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: The matters raised by the distinguished Members have been noted. I think partly the reason this Bill is slightly out of sync with the new Constitution is because we published it before the effective date. I think we will have an opportunity to clarify those references to the Cabinet Secretary at a later stage. It is useful for me to point that this Bill has become necessary because we intend to update the laws of this country continuously. The old Act is more than 50 years old. We hope that by this Act, we will bring the law in conformity ... view
• 24 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, secondly, we intend to improve the business environment in this country. It is one of the undertakings I gave when this House acceded to my nomination to this Office. I said then I would like to see the Attorney General’s Office support the business community in a more robust manner. We will be bringing to this House more legislation supporting the environment in which Kenyans and foreign investors do business. view
• 24 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, you are aware that for the last couple of years, we have tried to improve our standing in the indices on doing business in the world. This is one of the ways that we hope to do so. We hope that by this legislation and by others, Kenya will become what it truly deserves to be; the premier location to do business in East and Central Africa. view
• 24 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am very conscious of the fact that as hon. Wamalwa has pointed out, we have a large group of our young people who are trying to do business in various areas such as Information Technology (IT). They require from us a simple regulatory framework in which they can do this business. This Partnership Bill is an excellent opportunity to answer to those demands. It is simple; it is clear. The reporting provisions are very straight forward. We hope that the majority of our people, especially our young people will be able to regulate their business ... view
• 24 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to move. view