Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1131 to 1140 of 1948.

• 22 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, because this is one of the laws that has been passed by the House in part of the implementation of the Constitution and, therefore, in accordance with our Standing Order No.47 (3), I submit that for this report to be considered by this House in its current form with those gross procedural anomalies would not only be an illegality but it would be grossly unconstitutional and, therefore, a violation not only of the Constitution but of the integrity of this House. view
• 22 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me conclude by addressing myself to the question as to whether the Chair has the mandate to consider the question I am raising. Allow me first of all to table this for the record. For the avoidance of doubt, I want to say that on record. view
• 22 May 2012 in National Assembly: I conclude this point by making reference to a ruling of the Chair that had opportunity to address the question of jurisdiction; whether the Chair can be invited to rule on a matter of legality or constitutionality. view
• 22 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on Thursday, the third day of February 2011, this House had opportunity to receive a ruling from the Chair on whether the Chair can be invited to rule on the legality or constitutionality of a motion or a report brought to this House. That was with regard to a Question raised by hon. Gitobu Imanyara who sought from the Chair to rule on what hon. Members of the National Assembly should do where instances of gross violation of the Constitution occur instigated by either hon. Members of this House, the Executive or the Judiciary. As part ... view
• 22 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Chair went on to say:- “The Speaker as the leader of the House and the manifestation of the authority of the House is mandated and obligated to safeguard, and jealously, its sovereignty within Government to determine what it shall and shall not do and when and in what manner it shall do those things without interference from any other person or authority. Hon. Members, this position is recognized in parliamentary practice and traditions and in both the former and the present Constitution.” This is what the Constitution means when it vests the legislative authority of ... view
• 22 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do hereby table a copy of the ruling of the Chair, dated Thursday, 3rd February, 2011. view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, first of all, let me just remind the Minister that this is not a political matter, but a Constitutional matter. It is unfortunate that the Minister is the one attempting to politicize a supremely Constitutional matter; a matter of great Constitutional importance. view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Minister is attempting to say that the recent positions were created administratively and it is part, in the words of hon. Kimunya, of the usual Executive duties of the President. The political and administrative unit called “the county” did not exist in the old Constitution. It is a new unit established by way of the new Constitution. It is a unit whose management - political governance and administration – is contemplated in the Constitution. Let me remind the Minister that Article 17 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, which makes reference to the restructuring ... view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Minister in order really to continue taking us round and round in circles repeating the same misleading posturing? Would I be in order to ask the Minister that once he brings this Bill in compliance with Article 17 of the Sixth Schedule to restructure the Provincial Administration, should this House decide to restructure the Provincial Administration in a manner fundamentally different from this quote and quote administrative action that I believe the President has been misadvised to take, what do you intend to do with these 47 people that ... view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. It is fundamental that the Minister has withdrawn the constitutional provision in the relic we call the “former Constitution” that he has relied on persistently and consistently to anchor his entire argument, aided by hon. Kimunya. Would I, therefore, be in order to ask the Minister to withdraw this entire fraud – because that is what it is – since it is based on the wrong premise? Since he has admitted expressly that his whole argument was based on a section of the former Constitution which was not saved in the ... view