{"id":716735,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/716735/?format=json","text_counter":567,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Orengo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":129,"legal_name":"Aggrey James Orengo","slug":"james-orengo"},"content":"Mr. Chairperson, Sir, first, the difficulty is about what we are going through in respect of what Sen. Kagwe said; that we can pass and then come back. Election timelines are already--- If we keep on changing the law midstream, I think we are not going to have a very good election. Having said that, the provisions which are in that Clause which is supposed to introduce a new section 44A, the problem about it is that 44A being a self- contained Clause and is not part of section 44, the regulations that are being made under Section 44 would not relate to regulations that are going to be made under Section 44A and also those that are being made under Section 109. The problem is that if you truly believe that 44A has nothing to do with manual or any other kind of system but a system which the Commission is going to determine, you cannot then have any regulations in respect of that Section 44A because Parliament has not given any authority for regulations to be made under that section 44A and that I think is going to cause a lot of problems. Finally, I want to give an example, there was a time when women wanted to have the numbers of nominated women to be increased in the National Assembly. There was a lot of debate and when the draft came, it was clearly in the discussion and there is a report where it was agreed that there should be six women and six men and it was put there in black and white. However, when it went to the draftsman, the draftsman said that the number should not be put in legislation but we should just put a general clause which says that there shall be 12 nominated Members who shall be nominated and appointed on the principle of gender equality. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"}