Kipruto Moi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 71 to 80 of 141.

• 13 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon.Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. The Competition (Amendment) Bill aims to promote and safeguard competition in the national economy and also aims to protect consumers from unfair practices. It also provides for the powers and functions of the Competition Authority. Hon. Speaker, research indicates that the Authority has been experiencing challenges when conducting market research and seeking information from stakeholders. With the advent of this Bill, it can now be possible for the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) to get information from major stakeholders. Generally, this Bill ... view
• 13 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: I now proceed to speak on specific clauses of the Bill. Clause 2 proposes to amend Section 2 of the Act on interpretation, meaning the “local government” now changes to become “county government” and the definition of “undertaking” now includes corporate bodies. Clause 6 empowers the Authority to intervene in the case of a dominant position by an undertaking, similar to the position that Kenya Power Company finds itself in. When you have a company like Kenya Power and no other competitor, it means the people who will ultimately suffer are Kenyan consumers. There is nobody to challenge Kenya Power ... view
• 13 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 7 amends Section 36 by providing for action following investigations - a penalty of 10 per cent of the preceding year’s turnover on companies that actually violate the law or where there has been an infringement on those laws. Finally, Clause 10 amends Section 42 by changing the current situation where the mandate of the Authority was to provide exclusion of some mergers from the provision of the Act to specify that the Authority can now set thresholds for the exclusion of mergers from this Act. In other words, those whose impact is minimal may be excluded from the ... view
• 13 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I wish to support and urge my colleagues to support. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: I wanted to comment on Clause 12, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I just want a clarification. It is being deleted, but is there an insertion that a reserve force will be created? I seek clarification from the Chair of the Committee. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Yes, I am, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The Universities (Amendment) Bill 2015 seeks to streamline the Act with the Constitution. Some of the key highlights are that membership of the Commission for University Education (CUE) has been increased by two, so that there is a representative from a public and private university. This is good in the sense that private universities have been given a voice in the regulation of university education in Kenya, which was not there before. view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The principal Act also does not provide for the qualifications for appointment of a vice- chancellor. The current Act gives the provision for the CS for Education to prescribe those regulations. Currently, private universities do not receive any funding from the Government. But in Clause 15 of this Act, they have been given a chance to receive conditional grants from the universities fund, which is good. view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: In advanced economies, there is serious collaboration between the Government and the private universities because both public and private universities are in the agenda of providing a dynamic and productive workforce for the country. I saw a weakness in the Act regarding the chancellor because, currently, they are considered as figure heads. There should be legislation for them to take a more robust and active role in running the affairs of universities. The CS for Education told us that some chancellors did not know they had campuses in certain towns in the country because of being sidelined in the running ... view