Committee on Trade wraps up public participation on Business Laws Amendment Bill, 2024

Thursday, 28 November, 2024

Committee on Trade wraps up public participation on Business Laws Amendment Bill, 2024

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲
𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒

The Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives has concluded a three-day public participation exercise on the Business Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024.

Chaired by Hon. James Gakuya (Embakasi North), the Committee today received oral submissions and written memoranda from various stakeholders regarding the Bill's provisions related to business regulations.

The statutes reviewed during the public participation process include the Standards Act (Cap. 496), the Kenya Accreditation Service Act (Cap. 496A), and the Scrap Metal Act (Cap. 503).

Other laws subjected to stakeholder input were the Special Economic Zones Act (Cap. 517A), the Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute Act (Cap. 511A), and the National Electronic Single Window System Act (Cap. 485D).

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