24 Apr 2024 in Senate:
The committee has undertaken extensive engagements with all the relevant stakeholders, including the petitioner, Mr. Nicholas Rono and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Capital Markets Authority (CMA), Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). The committee is finalising its draft report for consideration and adoption. Next is county visits. During the period, the committee undertook a report writing retreat on 23rd March, 2024, in Machakos County to consider the following legislative business. Meeting with stakeholders on the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood) Bill, 2023, and the Co-operatives Societies (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.53 of 2023). ...
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24 Apr 2024 in Senate:
bills have similar stakeholders with divergent views, which has affected public participation and stakeholder engagements. The committee will prioritise the following business in the next quarter- (1) undertake a report writing retreat on the following- (i) Petition on the fraudulent shareholding activities and illegal acquisition of East Africa Breweries Ltd (EABL) ; and (ii) The Co-operatives Societies (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 53 of 2023); (2) undertake an inspection visit to Embu and Meru Counties to engage with Muguka and Miraa farmers and the related farmer cooperatives Societies. (3) Meet with the Metropolitan National Saving and Credit Cooperative (SACCO) to ...
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24 Apr 2024 in Senate:
bills have similar stakeholders with divergent views, which has affected public participation and stakeholder engagements. The committee will prioritise the following business in the next quarter- (1) undertake a report writing retreat on the following- (i) Petition on the fraudulent shareholding activities and illegal acquisition of East Africa Breweries Ltd (EABL) ; and (ii) The Co-operatives Societies (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 53 of 2023); (2) undertake an inspection visit to Embu and Meru Counties to engage with Muguka and Miraa farmers and the related farmer cooperatives Societies. (3) Meet with the Metropolitan National Saving and Credit Cooperative (SACCO) to ...
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18 Apr 2024 in Senate:
Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate, today, Tuesday, 26th March, 2024- The Fisheries Management and Development (Fish Levy Trust Fund) Regulations, Legal Notice No.52 of 2024. The Fisheries Management and Development (Marine Fisheries) Regulations, Legal Notice No 53 of 2024.
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18 Apr 2024 in Senate:
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18 Apr 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also want to strongly support this amendment to the County Governments (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.25 of 2023). I appreciate and thank Sen. Cherarkey for coming up with this amendment. I believe that this will be quite handy in terms of counties. Particularly on the section of county governments, the CECMs have been removed sometimes, for no reason by governors in the counties. I believe that there are several litigations in county governments through the removal of these CECMs. It has been a big pending issue because it comes in millions of money ...
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18 Apr 2024 in Senate:
It is a very clear amendment and we want to see how we can improve further the County Governments Act, particularly on seeing how even the County Secretary can be improved, so that he or she also has security of tenure. These governors should not just wake up one day and do their things in their offices. The Governor has been given more power to do whatever he wants to, and they do almost everything. They give orders from one corner to another without even considering anything, including laws that are there. With very loose laws like this one, somebody ...
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27 Mar 2024 in Senate:
Hon. Cabinet Secretary, you understand that Kajiado County has quite a number of national grid lines like Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO), Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), Geothermal Development Company (GDC), Kipeto Energy, which has quite a number of institutions that are holding the national grid. I want to request that you tell this House the plans that the Ministry has for Kajiado County, bearing in mind that we have less than 20 to 25 per cent of the connectivity in Kajiado County, in almost four sub-counties; Kajiado South, Kajiado
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27 Mar 2024 in Senate:
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27 Mar 2024 in Senate:
Central, Kajiado Western and Kajiado East. It is good that you tell us the plans that you have for that county. We are the lowest in the connectivity in the entire country, yet we have a number of national gridlines that are going through Kajiado County. I thank you.
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