Abdikadir Mohammed

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 581 to 590 of 1092.

• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 9 of the Bill be amended in Subclause 4 by inserting the words “term of five years” after the words “one further”. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, basically, Clause 9(4) reads as follows- “9(4) The Secretary shall hold office for a term of five years but shall be eligible for re-appointment for one further---“ view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: So, we are specifying “one further term” of five years. It is on page 2429 of the Order Paper. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 9 of the Bill be amended in Subclause 4 by inserting the words “term of five years” after the words “one further”. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: THAT, Clause 25 of the Bill be amended- (a) in Subclause (1) by inserting the words “but shall observe the principle of public participation and the requirement for consultation with stakeholders” after the words “any person or authority”; (b) by deleting Subclause (2); and (c) by deleting Subclause (3). Mr. Chairman, Sir, Clause 25(1) says as follows:- “25. (1) Except as provided in the Constitution, the Commission shall, in the performance of its functions, not be subject to the direction or control of any person or authority.” view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: That is the way it should be, and it is what the Constitution provides. However, the Bill goes further to state that the Commission will be not be subject to direction from the officers mentioned therein. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, in view of the history of these Commissions, especially when it comes to independence, it will be very difficult for either a line Ministry, Parliament or any other individual to deal with them, if you specify that any state officer, any Government organ, any political party or any candidate--- view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, the whole idea of having institutions do regulations is so, so that they do not have to come through Parliament for legislation. We get them tabled in the House after they are passed. If Parliament wants to pronounce itself, it can do so at the end. It will be cumbersome for the institutions to be required to submit their regulations beforehand. That is the whole idea of having them done by the institutions otherwise we would be making laws for--- view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT clause 31 of the Bill be amended by- (a) re-numbering the existing provision as Subclause (1); and (b) inserting the following new Subclause after Subclause (1)- (2) A person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was an officer of the former Electoral Commission shall, subject to the provisions of the Constitution, this Act and any other relevant law, be an officer of the Commission view