Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 231 to 240 of 1948.

• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It has always been my prayer that the Senate be given sufficient capacity to play a more robust oversight role. This is because of the challenges we are facing with accountability in county government structures across the country. I will, therefore, maintain that we must come up with a framework that can enable the Senate, as an institution and Senators as representatives of the people, to play their oversight role more effectively. I wish this House was making a commitment to facilitate the Senate in terms of resources and invest in taking a fresh ... view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I am not in any way intending to throw any spanner in the works. This Bill is so crucial. In fact, I am surprised that both the Committee and the Government do not seem to believe that this Bill ought to be given utmost priority. I have a number of amendments on the Bill. I hope that the delay is not reflective of some motive that could endanger the very good purpose and motive behind this Bill. We are really looking forward that, come Tuesday, this Bill will be ready and we will put it to ... view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I serve in this Committee and the Chairman is reflecting on a matter that was ventilated at length by the Committee and the necessity to bring a bit of order and regulation in the arena of a private investigator. Also, the Committee did take cognizance of the fact that the work of private investigators has a security implication. The manner in which they work, the kind of reports they prepare and their conduct generally is a matter of security. Having them covered under these regulations will help to sort of bring order and certain irreducible minimum ... view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. My concern is representation. In fact, the Hon. Member for Emuhaya only seemed to explain the first part of his amendment. He did not provide details on parts (ii), (iii) and (iv). My concern on part (ii) is when he says “two persons representing the most representative trade union on security related matters”. One important thing about legislation is that it must be unambiguous and leave absolutely no space for contradiction or conflict. Who is supposed to determine a particular union is the most representative than another? Whose responsibility is it to make that ... view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: It is important to explain a little further. view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I have heard Members talk about “implied” or “intended”. We are making a law we have never made before. This is the very first time we are providing a legislative framework to manage this critical sector. It is a very fast growing sector. We must not leave anything to intention or implication. This is a matter which the Committee has considered. view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: I agree with my brother, Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo, on the question of phonetics, semantics and the architecture of the language, but as far as clarity and intention are concerned, we should not leave any space for ambiguity or imagination. This is a good clause which makes it absolutely clear that you must have gone through a process of screening to be considered. It is a good amendment. view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I do not know why we are imputing ill motive on the men and women that will be given the responsibility to do this task of vetting and screening. We are already imputing the possibility that they will take bribes. This country suffers a crisis of trust. We are a nation of trust deficit. It is possible to determine what a fit person is. It is possible to determine a person who is of proper and acceptable standard in terms of their character. view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: I oppose this amendment and urge the House that this requirement is necessary. We are talking about security here and not just about any other matter. view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, of course, I know the Chairman is going to explain the rationale behind this. But the thinking was on latitude. It was to allow some latitude in terms of the penalty. Eng. Gumbo, of course, knows that a fine is a penalty, but a penalty is not confined to a fine. The rationale was purely latitude; to allow and afford a certain measure of latitude in determining what penalty would be appropriate whether a fine or otherwise. view