Joseph Kirui Limo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 461 to 470 of 2163.

• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the purpose for this is to exclude the county assemblies from the requirement for approval by the National Treasury when they are opening the accounts. So, we are only introducing the words “except the county assemblies”. 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
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I second. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I second. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I second. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand here to support the Bill. It is has come timeously. For the benefit of Members who are here, I did not second. My Vice-Chair seconded. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Bill is designed for purposes of ensuring there are fair practices in terms of the relationship between the customer and the client especially now when there is change in the retail market. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Currently in Kenya, if you are not operating a supermarket, it is very difficult to get customers to sell to when you have a retail shop. When we were young, we used to have many retail shops. In Nairobi you would find many shops in places like Lang’ata Shopping Centre and Umoja. Currently, those shops have gone down because of the emergence of supermarkets. What has happened is that some supermarkets have been practising abuse of buyer power. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Buyer power means that if you are operating a big business and you command a very large customer-base, you can determine the terms of trade between yourself and your suppliers. For instance, the supermarket can determine who will supply vegetables, terms which apply and 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
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: even the terms of payment. They will tell you: “Supply green vegetables, but we will pay you after six months”. So, this will discourage businesspeople especially small business entrepreneurs like the youth, women and people living with disabilities (PLWDs), who benefit from what the Government is trying to encourage in terms of affirmative action. If, for instance, you are producing groundnuts or popcorns and you want to supply to supermarkets, they will tell you to supply, but they will pay after six months. No small businessperson will sustain that. So, that is what is being defined by the amendment Bill ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: You determine alone and not by consent that you will pay after six months. Look at it this way: Most of the vegetables are sold the same day. That means supermarket will collect all the cash the same day and they will not pay you until after six months. That is abuse of power. Most of the time you will find that the supplier will not talk because if they talk or complain, the supermarket will pay them, but they will not be given the contract to supply again. So, this Bill is designed to ensure that the Competition Authority ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Having buyer power is not illegal. It is legal and a good practice. If you are able to invest heavily and you become a very strong player in the market, that is not illegal because that is your investment. However, the fact that you are strong and most of the people depend on you, you are not allowed to abuse that power. This Bill has given certain procedures in which the Competition Authority will use to rein in on those players who will abuse the buyer power. view