KITANY MARIANNE

Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that the Cooperatives Bill (National Assembly Bill No.7 of 2024) be now read a Third Time. I request Hon. Gichimu Githinji to second.

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to support The Business Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.49 of 2024) . The amendments that are being brought in the Standards Act are going to mostly assist the manufacturers and the consumers of manufactured products. One of the requirements that has...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have listened to the Statement. The issues I raised are getting worse. One of the issues I raised was that the transfer of officers in my constituency has created insecurity. All OCPDs, OCSs, ACCs and DCCs in my constituency were transferred at the same time...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The other issue that the business laws amendments that are being proposed will look at is the establishment of laboratories for testing any goods manufactured locally or products that will come into this country. That will ensure that all products that get to the shelves have...

THAT, Clause 5 of the Bill be deleted and substituted with the following new clause— Yes. Hon. Temporary Chairman. I beg to move: THAT, clause 8 of the Bill be amended— THAT, Clause 9 of the Bill be amended by inserting the word ‘registration’ immediately after the words ‘responsible for...

THAT, Clause 13 of the Bill be amended- THAT, Clause 14 of the Bill be amended by inserting the words ‘regulating the operations including’ immediately after the words ‘responsible for’ appearing in subclause (1) . Members of the public resolved that the sponsor of this amendment should clarify that the...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. A primary co-operative shall have a minimum of 20 members. We are proposing that five primary co-operatives can form a secondary co-operative, which means that if each primary co- operative has a minimum of 20 members, then the five primary co-operatives will have 100 members....

Hon. Temporary Chairman, Clause 20 creates various types of co-operatives. There are producer co-operatives, housing co-operatives, transport co-operatives, worker co-operatives and so on. Under this clause, a person cannot be in more than one co-operative unless the Commissioner approves the type of co-operative. The types of co-operatives are already taken...

If you look at the current co-operatives, you will find instances where individuals register co-operatives for dishonest purposes, such as in cases like the Ekeza Sacco, where people lost money. Those co-operatives are registered with the sole purpose of conning the common man. Therefore, if a co-operative already exists and...

THAT, Clause 36 of the Bill be amended in subclause (1) by deleting the words “body corporate” and substituting therefor with the words “corporate body”. 2nd December 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 37 This is basically for re-drafting to make it clear, especially with regard to the term ‘corporate body’, and...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 55 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new subclause immediately after subclause (13) — “ (14) A document required to be filed under this section may be filed as a hard copy or as an electronic...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 57 of the Bill be amended —

Thank you, Temporary Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 62 of the Bill be amended—

I want to clarify to the Member that it is a new clause. It will be moved later. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : Very well. Hon. Anthony Oluoch, are we together? We may proceed. Clause 73 The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : Mover. THAT, Clause 73 of...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. Yes, he will do it in consultation with the annual general meeting resolutions. By the time those notices were written, the co-operative had not complied. Because of the lack of such compliance, the members within the co-operative will suffer. Therefore, the notice is very important...

THAT, Clause 78 of the Bill be amended by deleting subclause (3) and substituting therefor the following new sub clause— “ (3) All transfers and payments made by a co-operative in accordance with this section shall be—

THAT, Clause 85 of the Bill be amended by inserting the words "in regulations under by the Cabinet Secretary" appearing immediately after the word "prescribe." The justification is to provide clarity on that clause. (Question of the amendment proposed) The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : Hon. Mayaka, is it...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I will adopt the amendment of the Member and use 'Prescribe' instead of 'Prescribed.' The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : Okay. Hon. Antony Oluoch. 2nd December 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 45

I agree with Hon. Anthony Oluoch that the word should be “prescribed” as in the Bill. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : Very well. (Question, that the words to be inserted be inserted, put and agreed to) (Clause 85 as amended agreed to) Clause 86 The Temporary Chairman (Hon....

THAT, Clause 124 of the Bill be amended in subclause (2) —

That clause 154 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following subclause immediately after subclause (2) — “ (2A) The application of the Fund established under subsection (1) shall be distributed as follows—

Hon. Temporary Chairman, it is a proposal that can be looked into. Perhaps, once that fund is in place, we can bring that amendment. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : You have been doing very well. So, have a tête-à-tête with your Member across the aisle. That should be...

THAT, Clause 155 of the Bill be amended—

Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move that the new clause be now read a Second Time. The justification for this is to enable for regulations of allowances and other payments to directors to avoid situations where there is conflict of interest. (Question, that the new clause be read a...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to second the report on Unfair Trade Practices that was tabled today. This Report is as a result of a complaint that came from the local traders, mainly from Gikomba, who felt that the investors who have come into the country, specifically China...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to second. At the outset, we want to thank the Private Member at the Senate and Hon. Irene Mayaka, who is the co-sponsor of this Bill at the National Assembly, for bringing up the Start- up Bill. This Bill has already gone through...

Yes. Proceed. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I have listened to the response from the Hon. Chairlady of the Departmental Committee on Social Protection. I am totally dissatisfied by the response for three reasons. One, I raised an issue about the rationale behind the reduction of borrowing limit. The Women...

I second. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to) (The Bill was accordingly read a Third Time and Passed) ESTABLISHMENT OF A SCIENCE MUSEUM

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As I stand to support, allow me to state right from the outset, that these amendments to the Cooperatives Bill could not have come at a better time. I say so because the last time this Bill was ever amended was in 2004, which is...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report on the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives in its consideration of the Cooperatives Bill (National Assembly Bill No.7 of 2024) Thank you.

THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended— THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended—

THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended—

Hon. Temporary Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Affairs regarding the rise of insecurity in Aldai Constituency. Article 29 of the Constitution provides that every person...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, two weeks are adequate. With regard to the person murdered from Emgwen Constituency, maybe, the Member wants to say something.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, two weeks will be good. I will attend the funeral of one of them tomorrow. It will be nice for the public to know that action is being taken. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support the nomination and appointment of Mr. David Kemei to the position of Director- General of Competition Authority. Just like my colleague, Hon. Caroli Omondi, has said, we worked with David Kemei at one time in our lives. I can actually vouch...

Hon. Speaker, you can give us three weeks. The standard procedure is two weeks. Why do you want three? We are requesting for three weeks because we still have the Bill on co-operatives that we need to finish.

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Thanks for the response to my request for statement. However, the issue that was raised has not been addressed because the Act is very clear on the management of those particular bodies. They have given an excuse for non-compliance, being that they are going to...