Judah ole Metito

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Entries 361 to 370 of 1895.

• 18 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support this Procedural Motion. First of all, I wish to inform the Member for Kitui Central, Hon. Makali Mulu that, today is the deadline we have as a House to make a decision upon this nominee. Therefore, if the House will not have made a decision by midnight today, the nominee stands not approved by this House. It would be good for us, as a House, to not wait just to be a rubber-stamp, but to get time to discuss the Report. Therefore, the date of tomorrow will not serve. My contribution--- view
• 18 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand guided. My main contribution to this debate is that the Motion as amended is very important. Last week, this House adjourned quite earlier than before 6.30 p.m., and for obvious reasons. In the last one week, you kept reminding us that the fever of 8th August 2017 is streaming in already. Going up to 6.30 p.m. and coming back at 6.45 p.m. may be difficult. We will need a quorum of 50 Members for us to make a decision on the proposed Motion at that Sitting. I would urge that at some stage, possibly ... view
• 18 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I second. view
• 13 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Competition (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 24 of 2016) be now read a Second Time. view
• 13 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: By way of introduction, competiton law in Kenya originated with the Price Control Ordinance of 1956 renamed the Price Control Act of 1956 and revised in 1972. The underlying philosophy of the Kenyan competition law initially had been to protect consumers against price increases. Subsequently, the Restrictive Trade Practices, Monopolies and Price Control Act, which came into effect in 1989 was enacted to comprehesively deal with matters relating to competiton law. It provided for the regulation of mergers, control of unwarranted concentration of economic power and prohibition of restrictive trade practices. The Restrictive Trade Practices, Monopolies and Price Control Act ... view
• 13 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: 2 of the Bill, there is a further proposal to insert a new definition of “county government” in line with Article 176(1) of the Constitution. Clause 4 of the Bill proposes to introduce a new clause and make it mandatory for every person undertaking trade association to provide information requested by the Authority in fulfilment of its statutory mandate for conducting an inquiry or sectoral study. Clause 5 of the Bill talks about buyer power. This is important because it was previously noted that the current Act did not address it. It prohibits abuse of buyer power. It outlines the ... view
• 13 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, these amendments further quantify the maximum penalty that an undertaking can be required to pay following an investigation by the Authority up to 10 per cent of the immediately preceding year’s gross annual turnover of the undertaking in question in Kenya. Previously, this penalty was not quantified and had been left to the courts’ discretion. The amendment on Clause 8 is consequential. It is related to the amendment on Clauses 6 and 7, which seeks to amend Section 37 of the Act to align it with Sections 34 and 36 of the Act. It includes abuse of the ... view
• 13 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 11 of the Bill introduces two new sub-sections to Section 47 of the Act, which deals with the revocation of approval of a proposed merger. The proposed amendment introduces a financial penalty of up to 10 per cent of the preceding year’s gross annual turnover of the undertaking in Kenya. The proposed amendment further provides for penalties for a party to a merger who gives incorrect or misleading information, and who fails to comply with any condition attached to a merger approval. The amendment contained in Clause 12 introduces a new Section 70A, which allows the Authority, on its ... view
• 13 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is a very important Bill. Yesterday, the one on the County Early Childhood Education attracted 26 contributors but this one, which is talking about business competition and is so crucial to the economy of this country, has only attracted seven contributors, including the Mover and the Seconder. view
• 13 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Nevertheless, those seven have made very informed contributions. Business is evolving and becoming global in nature and, therefore, it keeps on changing. It is so dynamic and is not a static activity. Having said that, I mean such a Bill will be subject to very continuous reviews with respect to the dynamic nature of the business environment that keeps on changing, especially now that we are in a global economic sector. Strategies have to keep on changing and, therefore, for one to remain competitive in the business environment, things do not have to be done the same way all the ... view