Marianne Kitany

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Not yet, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, aware that the world is rapidly embracing Artificial Intelligence (AI) , which is the use of a digital computer or computer-controlled robots to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings; acknowledging that the...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to second the nomination of Ms Regina Ombam as the Principal Secretary for Trade. The Kenyan Government is currently faced with many challenges in the trade sector, more specifically the recent ban on tea by Sudan. There are...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Co-operatives on the vetting of Ms. Regina Akoth Ombam for appointment as Principal Secretary, State Department for Trade. Thank you.

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) for the Financial Year 2025/2026 as laid and as read on the Floor of the House. I support it because the Ksh2.4 billion ceiling that is proposed for the Executive will...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to welcome the girls from AIC Chebisas from Aldai Constituency. I also welcome the other students from the other schools. Today, we are seated down here in the red seats, and they are up there watching us. We encourage...

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) 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) 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) 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, 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...

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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...

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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) 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) 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.

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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...

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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...

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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. 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) 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) 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...

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)

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) 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....

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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) 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.

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) 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...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The other issue that I would like to bring out is the establishment of laboratories. Every manufacturer will be required to have certified laboratories which will be used to test the products before they are released to the market. These...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) 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...

Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai, UDA) 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...