Robinson Njeru Githae

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1271 to 1280 of 2672.

• 7 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to second this very important Bill. It has been very ably explained by the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs that what this Bill is basically doing is separating the KSL from the Council for Legal Education, so that the later can act as regulator and as a body that will impose certain standards. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what is now happening is that every college is opening a Faculty of Law yet nobody has inspected their facilities or looked at their academic staff. So, we do not know what kinds ... view
• 7 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me take this opportunity to, first, thank the Chairman of the Budget Committee, the Vice-Chairman and all the Members for their hard work. It is surprising that after I tabled my estimates, they were able, in less than two weeks, to complete this momentous job. They even went round the country seeking views from Kenyans and receiving the views of all the Ministries that had not received an allocation from the Treasury. They met all the parastatals and all the departments. They have done a wonderful job, which means that they must have ... view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: (a) In implementing the recommendations of the 2011/2012 “Doing Business Report”, the Government has, firstly, benchmarked with other countries such as Mauritius in order to learn the best practices. Secondly, the Government has established a regulatory reform working committee to co-ordinate all the regulatory reforms. Thirdly, the Business Regulatory Reform Unit has been established in the Ministry of Finance to implement the reforms under the guidance of the reform committee. (b) In order to improve the country’s overall investment in future, the Government has developed an implementation matrix that serves as a strategy document for improving Kenya’s performance in the ... view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, I have a copy of the Final Draft of the Business Regulation Bill. This is the Bill that is going to sort out all our trade issues and problems. In this Bill, it is required that before any body makes any regulations that deal with licensing, those regulations must be approved by the Business Regulatory Authority, which is proposed to be set up. Secondly, the Bill requires all the bodies that issue licences to justify the regulation that is in their requirement. It also specifies that after seven years, all those regulations will ... view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank hon. Mbadi for that very important question. Many disputes have been on the VAT Act. In the proposed amendments which the Cabinet has already approved, and I am told the Attorney-General has now finalized the VAT Bill, gives the Commissioner for the VAT authority to give declaratory advices. In other words, what has been happening is that a business enterprise would perform its functions the way it thinks the law states only for the Commissioner to come and dispute that the way he or she has treated the expense is not the way ... view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have some good news in that area. It used to take six months to register a company. This reduced to three months, but now it takes two-and-half months to register a company. However, the requirements from the service charter of the companies registry is supposed to be 14 days. So, we are not yet out of the woods. However, the solution is what I call the “electronic registration” where you do not have to prepare all these documents and take them to the registry physically. You can do it from your own office. That ... view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, they are actually ready. What is remaining now is the change to enable them to do that. However, they are ready. The Bill is now ready and it is here. I can even table the draft so that hon. Members can see it. This is what will sort out our poor performance in business practice. Countries like Rwanda and Mauritius are doing better than us because of our cumbersome procedures. view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if everything goes well, this should start in the next three months. view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in fact, I am very grateful because I was not aware of the issue. I will find out because even my Assistant Minister is not in and nobody brought this issue to my attention. But if it is on Thursday, then I will have an answer then. view