6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Agreement also seeks to amend Paragraph 2 by deleting the final clause and replacing it with the following – The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly:
“Without directional, geographic limitation and without laws of any rights to carry traffic otherwise permissible under this Agreement, provided that with the exception of all cargo services, the transportation is part of service that services a point in the homeland of the airline.” That is the text as it is in Paragraph 2. Further, the Agreement seeks to delete Paragraph 3 and replace it with the following new paragraph – “On any segment or segments of the routes above any airlines or party may perform international air transportation within any limitation as to change at any point on the route ...
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6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly:
This Agreement will enter into force on the date of the letter was written or the countries will inform each other of the internal procedures. For example, after it has been approved, our country will then notify the US and therefore ask that the Agreement comes into effect. Secondly, I would like to inform the House that the Cabinet during its second meeting held on 19th March 2020, approved the memorandum of consultations on the Agreement amending the air transport agreement between the Republic of Kenya and the US entered into during the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO air services ...
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6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, once again, for giving me this opportunity to reply. As I do so, I thank the Hon. Members who have contributed. Some Hon. Members said that this will be my legacy. I say that this is your legacy. Giving permission to the FedEx Corporation to set up a base in Nairobi will be your legacy. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you are in the Chair as Parliament approves this. This will make history. Secondly, I assure Kenyans who are in America watching us and following that they now have an opportunity to send their cargo ...
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29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I am very fortunate to second the debate moved by the Leader of the Majority on this Bill while you are on the Chair. Of course, you know why I say so. As I second, I want to thank the Leader of the Majority Party for summarising the entire Bill. Our practice is that the Chair then gives a reflection or mirror of what happened or transpired during public participation so that the House can debate and make informed decisions as we address this Bill. I would like to ...
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29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
The Bill aims to repeal the Distress for Rent Act (Cap 293). This is a very critical and important Bill because in this country and particularly in this House, you are either a landlord, tenant or most likely both. So, it is very critical because it is providing for how to resolve conflicts that might arise between a landlord and tenant. It will be very critical to understand what the Bill has done. It also attempts to repeal Rents Restriction Act (Cap 296) and Landlord and Tenant (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) Act (Cap 301). This Bill is very fundamental ...
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29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
The Bill is putting together two tribunals existing at the moment. We have a separate tribunal that deals with residential houses, resolving issues of conflict that arise from residential houses and another tribunal that deals with rents of business premises. This Bill is trying to consolidate by putting the residential and business premises together. In most houses we see nowadays, ground floor is a business premise and second floor or third floor is residential. So, how The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard ...
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29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
do you have a tribunal dealing with first floor and another dealing with third floor and so on? So, this is for a good reason and was the thought or spirit of this Bill.
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29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
If you move to Part I of the Bill, it provides for preliminary matters like any other Bill. More importantly, Part II provides for the establishment, composition, jurisdiction of the landlord and tenant tribunals. The part specifically gives power to the tribunal and provides for the staff. If you go to Part III of the Bill, it gives you the mandate on how these people will resolve issues. Further, Part III, provides for administration of the tribunal which I have just said is putting them together.
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29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
Part IV provides for general matters relating to tenancies including fair rents. This question has been elaborated in the Bill, what is a fair rent. If you go to the Report of the Committee, we have analysed this very clearly for ease of understanding by the House. The Leader of the Majority Party has explained what fair rent is and what a permissible increase is. What determines it? Can you just increase your rent anytime without reasons? No. The Bill attempts to give the conditions upon which you can increase your rent including things like inflation or improvement of the ...
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