Marianne Kitany

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Two weeks is adequate for us to respond.

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Two weeks is adequate for us to respond.

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Two weeks, Hon. Speaker. RECOGNITION OF STAFF FROM OFFICE OF LEADER OF OPPOSITION OF PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Two weeks, Hon. Speaker. RECOGNITION OF STAFF FROM OFFICE OF LEADER OF OPPOSITION OF PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to make reference to a letter that is doing rounds on social media. It has been written to you requesting for your resignation following the judgment or the ruling on this case. Nowhere does the ruling state that the...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you. The ruling states that under the Political Parties Act, you cannot be a member of a political party because you are not a Member of Parliament and yet, the Constitution of Kenya, which is more supreme, states that the Speaker is an ex-officio...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to make reference to a letter that is doing rounds on social media. It has been written to you requesting for your resignation following the judgment or the ruling on this case. Nowhere does the ruling state that the...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you. The ruling states that under the Political Parties Act, you cannot be a member of a political party because you are not a Member of Parliament and yet, the Constitution of Kenya, which is more supreme, states that the Speaker is an ex-officio...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to make reference to a letter that is doing rounds on social media. It has been written to you requesting for your resignation following the judgment or the ruling on this case. Nowhere does the ruling state that the...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you. The ruling states that under the Political Parties Act, you cannot be a member of a political party because you are not a Member of Parliament and yet, the Constitution of Kenya, which is more supreme, states that the Speaker is an ex-officio...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Motion for agreement with the Report of the Committee of the whole House be amended by

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I beg to move that the new clause 27A be now read a Second Time. We had dealt with the justification of New Clause 27A earlier on. (Question, that the new clause be read a Second Time, proposed) (Question, that...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move that the new Part VA be now read a Second Time with amendments on clause 32A. The amendment is to delete the words “co-operatives development” appearing in sub-clause (a) and substitute therefor with the word “start-up.” The rationale...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I beg to move that new clause 30A be now read a Second Time. The justification is that this amendment aims to safeguard innovations and intellectual property rights of start-ups. Many of them do not get those incentives. So, this...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move that the new Part VA be now read a Second Time. The justification for this is that this amendment seeks to provide a penal provision to act as a deterrent to falsifying information. (Question, that the...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move that the new clause 4A be now read a Second Time. (Question, that the new clause be read a Second Time, proposed) (Question, that the new clause be read a Second Time, put and agreed to) (Question, that...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) This is a very good Bill. I second.

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) I second. 16th January 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 43

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I beg to move: THAT, Clause 8 of the Bill be deleted and be substituted therefor with the following— Obligations of labelled startups.

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) I second. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Motion for the agreement with the report of the Committee of the whole House be amended by inserting the words “subject to recommittal of Clause 9”. I also request Hon. Oundo to second.

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

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Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, all the clauses are in the Order Paper. Now that you have said that I read, we are deleting Clause 10, which provides that the registrar or the county executive committee member as the case may be, shall within thirty days upon...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you. The Start-up Bill is about a national Government function at the presidency. We are excluding the committee member because this is a function that will be at the national level. The only time county executives will participate is when start-ups are being incubated...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 7 and substituting therefor the following new clause— Registration of labelled startup.

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairperson. I beg to move: THAT Clause 3 of the Bill be amended — 5th December 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 46 Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari): There is a proposed amendment by the Chair. Hon. Marianne...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. Part III, initially in the Bill, was about the registration of startups and admission into an incubation programme. If you look at the amendments under Part III of the Bill, they fall under the labelling of this startup. Why do...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. As a Committee we, too, propose to delete Clause 6 but we also propose substituting it with another clause. This is because we are trying to create an eligibility criterion that can be used to identify start-ups and give them...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, other agencies may be involved. Actually, there is a role that county governments have been given. That role is captured in clauses 30, 31, and 32. That is where the county governments' involvement is. As a Committee, we saw that...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) To clarify to Hon. Member for Nandi, institutions for higher learning are already taken care of under Clause 4, which we have already passed. (Question, that the words to be left out be left out, put and agreed to) (Question, that the words to be...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you. We would like to drop the proposal that we had in the Order Paper and go by the further amendment by the Leader of the Majority Party. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Farah Maalim) : Fair enough. (Proposed amendment by Hon. Marianne Kitany dropped)...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 21. The purpose for this is that the Standards Levy should be utilised for the purposes it is collected as set out under Order 10 of the Standards...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I beg to move: THAT, Clause 24 of the Bill be amended —

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Whereas I agree with my Member, Hon. Oundo, not all manufacturers will be registered under the Act he is talking about. It is only manufacturers who import who are registered under that Act. Manufacturers who do not import are not registered under that Act. Therefore,...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA)

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I support this amendment. It will save that mama mboga in my constituency who wants to borrow money but does not want to do so from somebody who will charge them exorbitantly and are not regulated because they do not fall under...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Yes, we had an amendment which we are dropping and we are going by the amendment of the Leader of Majority Party. (Proposed amendment by Hon. Marianne Kitany dropped) (Clause 25 as amended agreed to) Clause 26 The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Farah Maalim) : Mover....

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) I am the Vice-Chair of the Committee, so I would actually be better placed to give you information if there is any mischief. There is no mischief. More importantly, if you look at the subsequent clauses that we are seeking to amend, we are requiring...