Petronila Were Lokorio

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, since I am reading the Statement, I will do it in English. Next time when I speak off the cuff, I will try to match up to you. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 48 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Information and Technology regarding the abuse of dominance by the telecommunications company Safaricom PLC. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) State what measures are in place to ensure there is a level playing field for players in the telecommunication industry considering that Safaricom reached over 60 percent market share ... view
• 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is a point of information. I just want to inform the House and Sen. Olekina that being dominant is not illegal. I am not talking about the illegality of it. I am talking about the abuse of that dominance, in such a way that other operators cannot be innovative or competitive. The market is not competitive any more. The other operators should be allowed to operate, by giving the dominant operator its right, but also allowing the others to operate, and allow innovation in the country. Otherwise, when we do not check this abuse, then ... view
• 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am not sure if I should second the Motion because I have an amendment to that Motion. Can I second and disagree or can I second and amend? view
• 5 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order 48(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industrialization concerning monopolistic tendencies by the East Africa Breweries Limited (EABL) in beer packaging. In the Statement, the Committee should: - view
• 5 Nov 2020 in Senate: (i) explain why EABL is using its dominant position in the market to engage in restrictive trade practices by engraving the universal euro brown design beer bottles with the EABL initials thus limiting access of beer bottles by its competitors. (ii) explain whether any beer company in Kenya has the right to claim ownership of the Euro brown design beer bottles considering that the bottle design existed many years before East African Breweries Limited (EABL) and these competitors ever entered the Kenyan market. view
• 5 Nov 2020 in Senate: (iii) state whether the move by EABL to engrave the Euro brown design beer bottles with its trademark is in contravention of the Competition Act. (iv) cause the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) to investigate EABL‘s unfair competition practices and take the requisite action as provided in law. view
• 5 Nov 2020 in Senate: (v)Finally, the Committee should state measures, if any, put in place by the Government to ensure EABL does not continue abusing its dominant position in the market to perpetuate anticompetitive practices against other players in the beer market. view
• 5 Nov 2020 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
• 5 Nov 2020 in Senate: Thank you. view
• 5 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a complaint to the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare but I am also on a point of order as well. I placed two Statements to them a few months ago. One was on the pension issues. It was about frustrations at the Pensions Department. The other one was on the Emergency Fund within trade unions. They have not gotten back to me at whatever level. They have just gone quiet on those two issues. Now it is through Statements that we can prosecute our business because our Bills are lying at the National Assembly. ... view