Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1031 to 1040 of 1948.

• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to support this very historic Bill because, indeed, it is a historic Bill in that it is breaking new ground. It is said that failing to plan is planning to fail. Indeed, we have witnessed the consequences of failure to plan, especially planning for the obvious, the expected and the anticipated. That is why we have repeatedly mentioned that very sad scenario that we witnessed in December 2002, when a moment that was meant to be of a historic happening in the history of our country--- We witnessed for the first time transfer ... view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: If you allow me another three minutes., Sir, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I should be through. view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to propose that the Act specifies clearly who shall be the secretary from amongst the members of this committee because it is tradition that in committees such as this, the secretary is not elected; the secretary is clearly specified from among the members of the committee. view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to Section 6(1), among the functions of the committee is to organize for the security of the President-elect. It is my humble submission that the security of the President elect cannot be the subject of this committee. That the security of the President-elect is a matter that needs to be dealt with substantively within the structure of the Government. I think it will not be right to leave a matter as critical and substantive as the security of the President-elect who is assuming office to a committee described in section 5(2) as an ... view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: committee. I would wish that the law be amended to provide a more substantive mechanism. I can see the Minister of State for Defence and the Acting Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security is here. Let us have a more substantive arrangement for the security of the President-elect rather than leaving it to an view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: committee. That also is contained in Section 9, which also addresses the question of security for the President-elect. view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Indeed, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we need to move to a stage where all presidential candidates, once they have been nominated by their political parties because this is the practice in all serious democracies, it must be the responsibility of the Government to provide all of them with sufficient security for the duration of the campaigns as part of just making sure that they are safe. view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Section 12(1) talks about the place where the coronation ceremony, where the handing over will be done and it provides:- view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: “The swearing in of the President-elect shall be conducted in a public ceremony held in the capital city in accordance with Article 141 of the Constitution.” view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, many countries that have gone the way that we are attempting to walk, in terms of providing a clear law and clear provision on assumption of office, normally indicate very clearly a place or venue that becomes the standard venue for this kind of ceremony. In the US, for instance, we know that this ceremony will always take place at the capital, and it is clearly indicated so that we know in advance. We will know the security arrangements to make; we will know the protocol that goes into preparations for the venue and so ... view