Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 441 to 450 of 1948.

• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Let us end this obsession that certain jobs are a preserve of certain age groups. Let us look at competence, capacity and what a particular individual can bring to the table when we are giving responsibility or jobs to anybody. I support this Report. view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. Because this matter has been directly made to arise out of a Committee I chair, it will be only fair and proper that I be allowed an opportunity to contribute to this ventilation. Right from the outset, let me say that this is really a fantastic opportunity for this House to deal with this matter of integrity head on, away from noises in the media, speculation and rumours along the corridors of this Parliament Buildings and elsewhere. Hon. Speaker, I do hold the view that we bear responsibility both to ourselves as members of this 11th ... view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, my second point is that we have always prided ourselves and the reason why we call this a House of honour; the august House is because we are a House 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
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: of rules. Even as we ventilate on this matter, even as hon. Speaker you give guidance to this House, we must also be very careful not to violate the rules of this House. Among those rules that should feature and I beg – I pray that they would feature in your guidance – is Standing Order No.91. Standing Order No.91 is a fundamental Standing Order. It is a fundamental Standing Order in the sense that it is intended to protect the integrity of hon. Members and also the integrity of the institution so that I do not stand out there ... view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: The other element of our rules is proceedings before Committees of this House. It will be important for you to guide this House as to whether this House is setting a fresh precedent that a matter that has been prosecuted, sufficiently so in a Committee and an outcome delivered and recorded, that that matter can be the subject of the debate in this House and a further ruling by hon. Speaker. That is a matter that touches on our rules but it also touches on the traditions, customs and usages of this House. As you do that--- view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I stand guided, hon. Speaker. That is why you are the Chair and I am not. That is why you are the Speaker right now and I am not the Speaker. I stand guided. view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: The other matter I wanted to raise is consistency. Being a House of rules, a House of traditions and a House of customs, we need to be consistent so that we know, for instance, if we have had a similar matter such as the matter that came up in the PAC--- I sit in the Departmental Committee of Administration and National Security and we had a similar matter; a vote of no confidence which we ventilated in the House and we passed a verdict and that was the end of that matter. That matter never made its way to this ... view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: The last point I wish to make is that an allegation of corruption is a very serious allegation. It is a criminal allegation. It is a matter which, if indeed a person or rather if there is evidence, that person must be tried at the highest level possible. Indeed, if found culpable, the sanction for that is serious. So it is not a matter to be dealt with casually. In this context, I want to plead the following: in the context of respecting the traditions and the rules of this House touching on confidentiality, touching on privileged information, you, hon. ... view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: have had occasion to share with you everything without exception. In the interest of openness and being accountable for what we know, I would be glad for you also to make a ruling in that Statement as to how information shared with you as our president in this institution – privileged information – how such information is supposed to be dealt with or after I have shared certain privileged information with you, should I be at liberty to proceed and share that information in public. I would wish to be guided on that. view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I say this because I have shared certain information with you. I have shared that information with you in strict confidence. I have shared that information with you within the bounds of our Standing Orders and the traditions governing privileges. I would want to be guided whether that is information that indeed ought to be shared publicly. Then I would be confident to share that information publicly. As part of that, when reviewing the conduct of this Committee because this Committee has been on trial in the media and public, I want to plead that in reviewing the ... view