Henry Kosgey

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Anti-Counterfeit Bill be now read the Third Time. view
• 4 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Machakos Town currently is still a medium-scale industries, namely, Eastern Flour Mills and many bakeries. In addition to these two industries, the Kenya Industrial Estates (KIE), as a parastatal under my Ministry, has 34 sheds in Machakos Town, which are fully occupied by entrepreneurs dealing in engineering works, metal fabrication, carpentry workshops, garages, flour milling and food processing units, which have created employment opportunities in that area. (b) I am aware that KOL, which was located at Maua Hills, relocated to Nairobi and then to Juja. I am further aware that in ... view
• 4 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am aware of the history of Machakos. I do not know why it never became the capital city of Kenya, but it nearly did. I said that we intend to conduct an investment forum in Machakos. We have already done it in a few towns, for example, Kisii, Kisumu, Nyahururu, and Kapenguria. We will conduct the same in Machakos. As a Government, we promote industrialization by providing an enabling environment for investors to invest. It is true that Machakos is not so far away from Nairobi. The road has been built. There is now a good ... view
• 4 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you know the incentives that the Government already has in place. These are available at the Kenya Investment Authority. One of the incentives include exemption of duty on all capital equipment. Also, if you establish an EPZ, you do not pay taxes for a period of time. So, really, I cannot enumerate all the incentives, but we have them documented. Recently, when we had an investment forum in Kisumu, we listed all those incentives. We shall go to Kakamega too. view
• 4 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if I receive an application for establishing an EPZ at Machakos today, I will approve it. view
• 30 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to move that the Anti-Counterfeit Bill be now read a Second Time. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the objective of this Bill is to make trading and manufacturing of all manner of counterfeit goods illegal or against the law. Counterfeiting is a malpractice that is spread worldwide. It has been increasing in Kenya with a negative impact on our economy. It has been the decision of the Government, all along, that we make counterfeiting an illegal activity and punishable in law. Up to the time when this Bill was introduced, the ... view
• 30 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Protect me from those talking at the back! view
• 30 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Up to Kshs500 million has been lost by certain sectors of our economy. What are counterfeits? These are imitations, in simple language, of actual goods. "Counterfeit" means goods that are the result of counterfeiting or goods made to look exactly like October 30, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3187 the real thing, when they are not the real thing. So, it is very difficult sometimes to distinguish between a counterfeit and the real thing except sometimes it does not serve the purpose for which the real thing was intended to serve. Therefore, as I said, particularly ... view
• 30 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that applause shows the acceptance of this Bill by the Members. I wish to thank all the Members who have contributed to this Bill, particularly, the Seconder who made very useful contributions. However, that is not to say that others who spoke did not make useful contributions. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the outset, I wish to state that I have taken into consideration, in particular, the fact that currently, there are laws in this country that deal with the same issue of protecting certain ... view
• 5 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish that this document could be read because it says here: "Chemical used; acidified potassium permanganate and acidified potassium dichromate." Potassium permanganate is a reagent. It is dark red in colour. When you add or reduce--- 2304 view