[kictanet] Proposed Amendments to KICA in Statute Law Misc. Amendment Bill 2015

[Ali Hussein]

Victor

Thanks for sharing. Even without reading the proposed amendments I raise a
serious red flag regarding the proposed abrogation of powers that have to
do with regulation to the executive. What then is the purpose of a
supposedly independent CA?

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On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Victor Kapiyo via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Pls see below, link to the Statute Law Misc. Amendment Bill 2015, which
> proposes to amend several laws, including KICA.
>
> According to the objects and reasons:
>
> Kenya Information And Communications Act, of 1998 - Firstly to align it
> with the Competitions Act, 2014 in respect of the criteria for being a
> dominant market undertaking and secondly to harmonize the regulation making
> power so that it is exercised by the Cabinet Secretary in consultation with
> the Authority.
>
> The Competition Act (No. 12 of 2010 -  The Bill seeks to amend the
> Competition Act so as to clarify that the power to Prescribe, as specified
> in the Act is to be exercised by the Cabinet Secretary in consultation with
> the Authority.
>
>
> http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/bills/2015/StatuteLaw__MiscellaneousAmendmens_Bill_164of2015.pdf
>
> Victor Kapiyo
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