Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 621 to 630 of 1948.

• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I just wanted you to allow me to add my voice to this matter. While I agree with the Leader of Majority Party that it is a matter which may appear to be pretty straightforward, my colleague, the hon. Chair of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, has raised what I believe to be a weighty matter that will do well to receive due consideration of the Chair. Hon. Speaker, caucusing is part of the traditions and customs of this House. We always formed caucuses in the Tenth Parliament. I actually formed a caucus ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: that its mandate and work be clearly spelt out. The work of that caucus must be clearly distinguished from the normal and ordinary operations of the committees of this House. Hon. Speaker, I say that because Standing Order No.191 of our own rules clearly provides certain privileges and powers to certain committees. Allow me to just put it on record because I believe it is a matter that ought to go into the record of the House. It says: “Committees shall enjoy and exercise all the powers and privileges bestowed on Parliament by the Constitution and statute, including the power ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: that its mandate and work be clearly spelt out. The work of that caucus must be clearly distinguished from the normal and ordinary operations of the committees of this House. Hon. Speaker, I say that because Standing Order No.191 of our own rules clearly provides certain privileges and powers to certain committees. Allow me to just put it on record because I believe it is a matter that ought to go into the record of the House. It says: “Committees shall enjoy and exercise all the powers and privileges bestowed on Parliament by the Constitution and statute, including the power ... view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this is a House of records. We must be careful what we allow on record unchallenged. The hon. Leader of Majority Party is a man that enjoys my utmost respect and he has said that unconstitutional matters do not make their way to this House. That is not true because several times, we have raised matters of constitutionality. We have rulings by past Speakers where the Chair has pronounced itself on a matter that has been found unconstitutional. That is why Standing Order No.47 envisages a situation where a matter that is not constitutional can make ... view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this is a House of records. We must be careful what we allow on record unchallenged. The hon. Leader of Majority Party is a man that enjoys my utmost respect and he has said that unconstitutional matters do not make their way to this House. That is not true because several times, we have raised matters of constitutionality. We have rulings by past Speakers where the Chair has pronounced itself on a matter that has been found unconstitutional. That is why Standing Order No.47 envisages a situation where a matter that is not constitutional can make ... view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Even as I congratulate my brother, hon. Wamunyinyi, for bringing this very important Bill, I am disappointed that the whole of the right hand side of the Speaker is empty. This is a House of debate. May it be recorded in the annals of history when the history of the Eleventh Parliament is written that on this morning of 30th day of April, the year of our Lord, 2014, only one side of the House engaged in the primary business of this House, which is legislation; the side ordinarily populated by Members of CORD ... view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, therefore, I add my voice to the voices of hon. Members who have empahsised the significance of this Bill; I say that really Bills of this nature are one of the reasons why we come to this House; we come here to debate and not to run off in the middle of legislation session to go and discuss only God knows what. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker and I support. view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, my brother, hon. Ng’ongo is very eager to get to Gwassi. Let me start by saying that we have done very well in this Session, and hardly do we get an opportunity for anybody out there to appreciate the work that we have done. The truth is that the legislative output during this brief period we have been here is commendable. We have done very well. We have enacted quite a good number of Bills. Indeed, if it is not known out there, our primary constitutional responsibility here is to legislate and we have legislated very well. ... view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, my brother, hon. Ng’ongo is very eager to get to Gwassi. Let me start by saying that we have done very well in this Session, and hardly do we get an opportunity for anybody out there to appreciate the work that we have done. The truth is that the legislative output during this brief period we have been here is commendable. We have done very well. We have enacted quite a good number of Bills. Indeed, if it is not known out there, our primary constitutional responsibility here is to legislate and we have legislated very well. ... view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Through this Bill, we have been able to correct some of the aberrations; some of the mistakes that were made in the original Bill that was passed in 2013. As we go on recess, of course, I want to also echo the sentiments expressed here that we should take this opportunity to interact and do a few activities together. I want to thank the Leader of Majority Party for his very kind compliments and welcome him to Budalang’i so that he can have an opportunity to also experience that part of the country. I will be more than glad to ... view