[kictanet] Off topic: COFEK

[Kivuva]

I'm not a lawyer, but I will attempt to answer.

In the time of legislation, a clause can be included in the law that it
will become operational on gazettment, or on presidential ascent.

Regards

On 14 February 2013 17:23, kris njoroge <krsnjo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good point would also like to know if the law has to be published for it
> to be operationalize. Thought the whole idea of the government printer is
> just for communication purposes.
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Opps, forgot to include link to the article I refer to:
>>
>>
>> http://www.cofek.co.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1360%3Awhy-government-printer-must-resign-from-office-&catid=1%3Alatest-news&Itemid=60
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I'm sorry but I must bring this up here as there was a recent discussion
>>> involving COFEK.
>>>
>>> Today I saw COFEK on social media calling consumers to join them in a
>>> protest outside Govt printerr office. I followed the link indicated in
>>> their post to find out what the fuss was about and found this:
>>> *
>>>
>>> The Consumers Federation of Kenya (Cofek) is concerned at the poor
>>> performance by the office of the Government Printer headed by Mr Andrew
>>> Rukaria (pictured).
>>>
>>> Since assent of the Consumer Protection Act on December 13, 2012 the
>>> Government Printer's office has been giving endless excuses from backlog to
>>> lack of films and other materials. Meanwhile the Act remains unpublished
>>> and it cannot be operationalized as a result.
>>>
>>> Our numerous calls and letters have only yielded in unfulfilled and
>>> indefinite pledges of printing the same. Mr Rukaria has also taken to
>>> avoiding our calls.
>>>
>>> From the foregoing, we hereby demand for his voluntary resignation
>>> within seven days. Failure to do so, Cofek will simultaneously seek for
>>> judicial intervention.
>>>
>>> Cofek, will after this ultimatum, mobilize consumers to physically eject
>>> him from his office for his consistently poor and unacceptable performance.
>>> *What I don't understand is:
>>>
>>>    1. Since when was it that an Act cannot be operationalized simply
>>>    because it hasn't been printed by Govt printers?
>>>    2. Isn't there an electronic version of this Act that can be
>>>    used/referred to in case of legal issues/action?
>>>    3. Is there anything stopping COFEK from printing their own copies
>>>    of the Act? (If they need it so badly)
>>>
>>> Please enlighten me?
>>> Mblayo
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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