Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 371 to 380 of 1948.

• 8 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Let me conclude by saying that as we exploit oil resources, we should avoid the curse that has brought trouble after trouble in economies like Nigeria and Angola. The best time to manage this resource is now. Through legislation and policy, we must prepare the country to handle oil wealth. I support. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. One of the reasons that motivated this country to pursue a new constitutional order was land, the desire to ensure that we re-engineer, take a fresh look at the manner in which we manage, administer and utilize land in a manner that is beneficial to the people and, ultimately, to the country. This law, therefore, in so far as it seeks to operationalise Article 63 of the Constitution, is a very important piece of legislation. In fact, it is one of those pieces of legislation that has been eagerly awaited by members of the ... view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I would like to urge the Committee responsible to go back and provide a little more detail in terms of effecting Clause 6(2). I would want them to be clear that it will cause absolutely no harm and provide in detail the specific transactions envisaged in Clause (6)(2), exactly on how community interest will be secured and protected in relation to the power of county governments. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I also invite the Committee to take note of the fact that county governments are expected to be guided by the provisions of this law and any other applicable law. Any other applicable law is a carte blanche – it is a blank cheque – which means that if you do not provide specificity or give clear provisions and guidelines, any other law other than this important law that we are The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: debating could also be used by county governments in relation to handling unregistered community land. Let us also be alive to the fact that county government are not local authorities; they are far much superior units of government which have legislative authorities. County governments can legislate and they mirror the three traditional responsibilities of legislation, representation and oversight. So, do not put it beyond county governments to interpret that provision of the law, to proceed and legislate in a manner that may not necessarily reflect the initial agenda, dreams or vision of Article 63 of the Constitution, and the vision ... view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The Committee also needs to be alive to Article 63(5), which specifically tells this House to enact this law. Parliament shall enact legislation to give effect to this Article. In giving effect to this Article as required by that Article of the Constitution, we need to go the extra mile and ensure that we do not leave anything to conjecture. Remember that we are dealing with an issue that has given us a headache since the foundations of this nation were laid. Let us not leave anything to chance. My final point has to do with what I noticed to ... view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those remarks, I support and hope that we can strengthen the Bill through amendments during the Committee of the whole House. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I support. view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for this opportunity. I must say that I am absolutely disappointed with this Report because, first of all, this Report has taken for ever to come to this House. One would have expected that in the period that the Committee was taking to bring this Report here, they were doing a job that would for once provide the House and country with a template to fix what ails this key sub-sector of our economy. I have gone through this Report and looked at the recommendations, but I have not seen any The electronic version ... view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: recommendation that one would lean on and say: “Yes, here is a platform to start fixing what ails the sugar industry.” I believe this Committee would have done this House a favour and would have served the interest of this agenda very well if they had told the Government point-blank that the primary reason behind the woos in the sugar industry is because successive Governments in this country have not treated this sub-sector with the seriousness it deserves. That is, the kind of attention in terms of infusion of capital, support to farmers and protection in the market that is ... view