19 Apr 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chair I beg to move: THAT, Clause 25 of the Bill be amended in sub clause (1) by — (a) deleting the word “property” appearing before the word “operation”; and, (b) inserting the word “irrigation” immediately after the words “association or at”. Ownership of land is a sensitive issue which requires a broad-based approach and mechanism to resolve. This proposed amendment seeks to remove the resolution of disputes relating to property from the ambit of irrigation and Water Users’ Association or at the scheme level. Thank you.
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19 Apr 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 26 and substituting with the following new clause— “26. Where the water users association or at the irrigation scheme level is unable to resolve a dispute, the same shall be referred to the Dispute Resolution Committee at the first instance to consider and determine the matter before the same is referred to Court.”
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19 Apr 2018 in National Assembly:
Basically, the proposed amendment seeks to harmonise the dispute resolution mechanisms.
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19 Apr 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 33 of the Bill be amended in sub clause (2) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (f)— “(fa) prescribe fees payable by irrigation water users based on costs of operation and maintenance of the scheme;” This proposed amendment seeks to empower the CS to come up with regulation to provide for the prescribed fees payable by the irrigation water users and cost of operation and maintenance of the scheme.
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19 Apr 2018 in National Assembly:
At the outset, I would like to state that our proposed amendment in Clause 34 is somewhat different from what the Leader of the Majority Party has moved. If I could read it out: “THAT, Clause 34 of the Bill be amended in sub clause (2) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (f)— “(fa) The members of the National Irrigation Board established under the Irrigation Act Cap 347, shall continue in office as members of the Board until the expiry of their existing terms”. This proposed amendment seeks to provide transition of Board members to ensure continuity.
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19 Apr 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Having listened to the senior Members on the proposed amendment in this clause, I am left with no option but to agree. However, I want to thank my Committee. We looked at the same clause in the same way but the Leader of the Majority Party’s amendment is more comprehensive. So, I want to thank the Members of my Committee who are here for doing a fantastic job. I withdraw my amendment. Thank you very much.
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19 Apr 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by introducing the following new clause immediately after clause 32- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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19 Apr 2018 in National Assembly:
32A. Abstraction of water. 32A. Any person who abstracts water from an irrigation system or disrupts the distribution plan of a scheme commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term of one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.
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19 Apr 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 2 of the Bill be amended in the definition of the term “Authority” by deleting the word “Development”.
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19 Apr 2018 in National Assembly:
The proposed amendment seeks to ensure to cover all items in the objects of the Bill without overemphasis on development alone. Clause 2 of the Bill is amended to replace the “Authority” with “development.”
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