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Entries 51 to 60 of 399.
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2 May 2019 in National Assembly:
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2 May 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, just to make progress, I beg to withdraw that amendment because the word “local authority”…
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2 May 2019 in National Assembly:
Let me complete my statement.
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2 May 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I agree with Hon. Millie, but Members will agree with me that this Act required more than 200 amendments. They cannot be done through the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill. So, we need a substantive Bill to deal with all the issues. But since the local authorities no longer exist but we have county governments, I agree to withdraw the amendment to this particular The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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2 May 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, since it is a substantive issue in law that we do not have local authorities existing currently and what is there are county governments, I agree to withdraw this amendment because there is a substantive Bill coming for First Reading which will address all milliard problems. So, we will have an opportunity to correct the others which will be still remaining in the law.
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2 May 2019 in National Assembly:
On Section 5(4), this is where I will really require Hon. Members to agree with me.
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2 May 2019 in National Assembly:
That is because this selective amendment to a few penalty clauses creates…
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2 May 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended in the Schedule in the proposed amendments to the Betting and Lotteries and Gaming Act Cap. 131— (e) by deleting the proposed amendment to section 5(4);
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2 May 2019 in National Assembly:
The reason is that the selective amendments to the few penalty clauses will create disharmony in the Act. It will create discrepancies in the implementation of the Act. The existing penal provisions are quite many with serious offences and with very mild sentences. For example, fraud, while gaming under Section 61 of the Act, attracts a Kshs5,000 fine, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months. Section 63(3) of the existing Act provides that obstructing an inspector under that section attracts a fine of only Kshs5,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months. The provisions on penalty ...
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2 May 2019 in National Assembly:
Generally, Madam Chair, if we could allow that amendment, we would leave many other clauses with penalties on other similar offences with varying amounts of fines and sentences such that there will be disharmony in the law and there will be no justice in the entire process.
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