Abdikadir Mohammed

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, clause 36 of the Bill be amended by inserting the words “on the same day as the day designated for submission to the Commission by political parties of nominations of candidates for an election” after the words “submit its party list to the Commission”. This is essentially getting the party list, and the nominations submitted to the Commission on the same day. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Subclause (1) of clause 37 of the Bill be amended- (a) in paragraph (a), by deleting the words “twenty four” appearing after the words “shall include” and substituting therefor the word “twelve”; (b) in paragraph (b), by deleing the words “thirty two” appearing after the words “shall include” and substituting therefor the word “sixteen”; (c) in paragraph (c), by deleting the word “four” appearing after the words “shall include” and substituting therefor the word “two”; (d) in paragraph (d), by deleting the word “four” appearing after the words “shall include” and ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, in terms of staff, this is what the law says. Each Commission and holder of independent office shall recruit own staff. In terms of being told that finances are not available, this is what the Commission says--- view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, but is says that: “Notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 35, if there are no more candidates on the same party’s list, the Commission shall require the concerned political party to nominate another candidate within 21 days”. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, in terms of funding, the main issue is: What if they are told that there are no funds to hire more? But the Constitution makes it mandatory and says: “Parliament shall allocate adequate funds to enable each Commission and independent office to perform its functions and the budget of each Commission and independent office shall have separate Votes”. So, let us strengthen the Commission on its own. Nothing stops the Commission, on its own volition, to ask for support from the Government. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Yes, indeed, Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, clause 40 of the Bill be amended by- (a) deleting the words “seven days” appearing after the words “an election within” and substituting therefor the word “immediately”; and, (b) by deleting Subclause (3) and substituting therefor the following new Subclause- “(3) The Commission shall announce the provisional and final results in the order in which the tallying of the results in completed”. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 44 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new Subclauses after Subclause (4)- “(5) A public officer who intends to contest an election under this Act shall resign from public office at least seven months before the date of the election”. (6) This section shall not apply to- view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: (a) the President; (b) the Prime Minister; view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: (c) the Deputy President; view