27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
As far as Clause 6(i) is concerned, the Committee rejected the Senate amendments to it. The justification is that part of the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution provides that the National Government has a function relating to agriculture whereas irrigation is the mandate of the national Government. Irrigation is not a devolved function and it is included in Part II of the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution. In Clause 8, the Committee agreed with the Senate amendments the reason being the additional power of the National Irrigation Authority to promote crops, animals and fish products. They added the words “safe ...
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27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
With those few remarks, I second.
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27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I am actually Hon. Adan Haji Ali and not Abdulahi Sheikh.
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27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House.
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27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
Report of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock on Consideration of Senate Amendment Proposals to the Irrigation Bill (National Assembly Bill No.46 of 2017).
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27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:
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27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
THAT, the Senate amendments to clause 6 be amended— (a) by deleting paragraph (a); (b) in paragraph (b), by— (i) deleting sub-paragraph (i); (ii) deleting sub-paragraph (iii) (c) by deleting paragraph (c).
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27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
The justification of the amendment is that under the Forth Schedule of the Constitution, irrigation is a residual function and a preserve of the national Government, Article 186 stipulates this. Equally, Article 93 of the Constitution provides that the Parliament of Kenya consists of the Senate and the National Assembly. The Senate amendment is therefore frivolous. Also, the Cabinet Secretary under the national Government retains the power to issue irrigation licences and not the CoG.
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