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• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: respective business or the industry. A uniform mechanism will therefore ensure that there is a simultaneous application for licensing. If one requires to have more than once license, they are then able to do it at once and not in different areas. If you are doing a health department license or an environmental impact license, you are able to do that application at once. That will provide some form of efficiency in addition to the simplicity of the process. With those very many remarks, I thank Sen. Chebeni for coming up with this Bill. I remind Members that this is ... view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also rise to second the Prompt Payment Bill dully sponsored by Sen. Farhiya and Sen. Sakaja. This Bill again that has been delayed was also long overdue on the issues of prompt payment to suppliers. We have problems of pending bills that were close to Kshs90 billion. It was mainly because of abuse of the procurement process especially when it comes to payment. Providing a law that ensures that there is order and discipline in the procurement process in the payment of services, goods and work done not only at the national but ... view
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• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Bill provides for resolutions of disputes in relation to a defective invoice presented by a supplier or a procurement entity in government and as I have said in private entities. Where there is a dispute which is the reason why we have very many pending bills. This law will provide that 50 per cent is paid to the supplier as you resolve that issue. Even as you resolve it, there are timelines. You have been given 14 days within which you must have resolved that problem. If you do not pay within the prescribed date, ... view
• 27 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support the Startup Bill by Sen. Sakaja. I wish to emphasize that this Bill is very important and timely. It had suffered the sibling rivalry between the Senate and the National Assembly. I am happy that now it is back and we need to hurry it up so that it can be useful to our people. Last week, we visited the Konza Technopolis with the Senate Committee on Information, Communication and Technology (ICT). The people running the Technopolis know about this Bill and they are eager to see it passed as ... view
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• 27 Jul 2021 in Senate: our economic development. We have so many young people who are have ideas, but they do not have a place where they can express them and come up with innovations through which they can employ themselves and others. We will be solving the problem of unemployment as well as dealing with other issues of under employment, especially among our young people. Madam Deputy Speaker, I beg to support his Bill and look forward to the completion of it. view
• 27 Jul 2021 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. I did not want to interrupt. I thought Sen. Sakaja was about to reply. I would like when Sen. Sakaja comes to reply, to give us some definition of start- up because here, it includes an innovative entity legally recognized by the laws of Kenya with strong growth potential and a disruptive economic model, obviously not ‘the bottoms up’ one. Give us a definition. If this needs to be expanded, then give us that in your reply. view
• 27 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to move the Office of the County Printer Bill (Senate Bills No.13 of 2021). I first moved this Bill in 2018. It is one of those Bills that suffered the effects of the sibling rivalry between the Senate and the National Assembly. I am glad that through our efforts in going to court, some of these important Bills have come back to this House so that they can be processed. The importance of this Bill, and crucial to--- view
• 27 Jul 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view