Judah ole Metito

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 681 to 690 of 1895.

• 17 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: seconded. view
• 17 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: seconded. view
• 17 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to second this very important Bill as moved by the Leader of the Majority Party. This Bill is for collection and a recovery of tax in an important way. It proposes several mechanisms that will facilitate tax payment, especially by the due day. There have always been delays in remitting tax and this Bill proposes mechanisms to harmonise all tax laws to ensure that there will be efficient and effective collection of tax by the due date. It also proposes a late payment interest for those who pay or remit their taxes late, ... view
• 17 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: The Bill also provides for a dispute resolution mechanism. Should a dispute arise between the Commissioner and the tax payer, redress can be sought through a tribunal, the High Court and also the Court of Appeal. It also allows for settlement of cases outside the court or tribunal. Clauses 49 to 57 of the Bill are very clear. These sections deal with making tax decisions by tax collectors. That means there is room objection to those decisions and appeals against tax decisions. The process is a bit involved but is simplified. The Bill begins with making a tax decision by ... view
• 17 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: even aiding or abetting an offence, obstruction of an authorised officer, offences by the officers and the staff of the Authority itself, failure to pay tax, offences by tax agents and offences relating to Personal Identification Numbers (PINs), as the Mover has just said. They are so many. Another one is penalties on failure to appear before the Commissioner. Therefore, this Bill is so simplified. As I have already said, it is actually meant to harmonise all the procedural rules applicable to administration of tax laws in Kenya. It is an important Bill. It is also good to note that ... view
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, as you have rightly put it, we are here on Thursday morning because of those Bills with constitutional timelines. I urge Members to be keen and also avail ourselves to beat the deadline we have already extended, which we cannot extend twice. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to Move that the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions Bill 2015 be now read a Second Time. As you are aware, the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions Bill 2015 is one of the legislations to be enacted by Parliament as required under Article 261 ... view
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Despite the existence of intellectual property regimes in Kenya, there has been no proper legal protection mechanism or framework for traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expression. This is due to the inadequacy of the existing intellectual property regime which does not really address all the aspects necessary for the protection of traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expression. This has resulted in the widespread unfair exploitation of the traditional knowledge and cultural heritage for the commercial and business interests and the continuous loss of important elements of traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expression. Those are some of the lacunas that this ... view
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: (d) the facilitation of access of information and the sharing of information and data relating to traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions.” Clause 6 of the Bill, under Part 2, deals with the protection of traditional knowledge. We have criteria that should be met before protection can be extended to traditional knowledge. Just to quote one of the rules, it should be generated, preserved and transmitted from one generation to another, within a community for economic, ritual narrative, decorative or recreational purposes. That knowledge should be individually or collectively generated. It should be distinctively associated or belongs to a community. ... view
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Clause 7 is about formalities related to the protection of the traditional knowledge. It includes non subjection of traditional knowledge to formalities and the registration of traditional knowledge within counties by county governments for declaratory purposes. view
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: This is very important especially when you look at Clause 7(4) where it says:- “Where a community in Kenya shares traditional knowledge with a community outside Kenya, the national and county government shall register the owners of the traditional knowledge in Kenya and maintain relevant records.” Clause 9, talks of conferring the rights of protection to all holders of the traditional knowledge. That one read together with Clause 10 provide for the rights conferred upon the holders of the traditional knowledge. Those rights include authorization of exploration of their traditional knowledge. It is very important because you cannot just go ... view