William Kamket Kassait

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Regulation No.2 had proposed to introduce new SEZ entities such as SEZ investor, SEZ resident, SEZ visitor, SEZ worker, and SEZ business permit holder. Tatu City’s submission is that Parliament should not entertain the creation of statutory entities or categories of citizens through subsidiary legislation. He further averred that the Cabinet Secretary ought to have invited Parliament to make a substantive decision on such a weighty proposal through an amendment to the Special Economic Zones Act, 2015. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: On Regulation No. 4, Tatu City maintained that the provisions relating to minimum investment and the land size for a SEZ should be provided for in the SEZ Act so as to provide greater transparency to applicants. He said that developing a Special Economic Zone is an expensive venture and it is necessary to create certainty for developers by ensuring that all conditions precedent to a declaration of a SEZ zone are anchored in a statute. Additionally, they maintained that such proposals should contain a transitional clause in respect of the already gazetted SEZs. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: On Regulation No.5, they maintained that the bulk of the services proposed to be offered under the one-stop shop require substantive regulations to operationalize. These include SEZ work visa and permits for expatriates; SEZ development and construction permits and certificates of occupancy and SEZ customs administration procedures, among others. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: On Regulation No.50 (c) (iv), Tatu City maintained that the SEZ Authority should consult the SEZ developers when issuing guidelines for the standards, criteria and procedures for the issuance and revocation of the SEZ residence permits. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, these are some of the issues they raised as captured in our Report. Having examined the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 against the Constitution, the Interpretations and General Provisions Act (Cap 2), the Special Economic Zones Act, 2015 and the Statutory Instruments Act (No. 23 of 2013), the Committee observed the following… view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you. The Committee recommends that the House annuls in entirety the said statutory instruments for failing to demonstrate that sufficient public participation was undertaken, contrary to Articles 10 and 118 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya. I beg to move and ask my Vice-Chair to second. I thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to reply. I thank Hon. Members for overwhelmingly supporting the Report of the Committee except for Nominee 001 who had other ideas. Let me confirm that Nominee 001 actually fell outside the ladies’ toilets. I caught him red-handed peeping into the ladies’ toilet. When he saw me, that is when he fell and I had to rescue him from falling right inside the ladies’ toilets. That is why his mind is still... I feel the frustrations of Hon. Members. I heard what Hon. Wanga said very clearly. I listened to Hon. Wamunyinyi and Hon. ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: body also must take advantage of the provisions of the Statutory Instruments Act, which provides for pre-publication scrutiny. That is conferment with the Committee before they publish any regulations that they want to bring to this parliament. Finally, public participation is not an idle provision in the Constitution. It is a very serious provision. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. When Members of this Assembly or this Committee say that public participation was not properly done, we are simply understating the principles of our Constitution and it is very important that, that public participation is conducted as ... view
• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 44(2)(c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research regarding the criteria used by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) during recruitment of teachers in the country. In recent months, the TSC has been undertaking recruitment of secondary school teachers in a manner that does not take cognizance of the actual realities and interests of local residents in The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: specific constituencies and counties, particularly in Tiaty Constituency. Further, there is no adherence by the TSC to the affirmative action principle as provided in the Constitution. A big percentage of teachers from my constituency were not able to compete with their peers from other constituencies, who may have completed their courses earlier than them. Therefore, the use of graduation-year criteria by TSC has proved to be a major obstacle for them. It is on account of these concerns that I seek for a Statement from the Chairperson on the following: (i) Were key stakeholders consulted during the drafting of the ... view