All parliamentary appearances
Entries 6081 to 6090 of 17810.
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24 Jul 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, before we continue to Order Nos. 8, 9 and 10 which are Bills which have been referred to this House by the Senate… When you read the Message, you referred these Bills to the relevant committees of this House to make a determination in accordance with Article 114(2) of the Constitution which says:
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24 Jul 2018 in National Assembly:
“ If, in the opinion of the Speaker of the National Assembly, a Motion makes provision for a matter listed in the definition of a money Bill, the Assembly may proceed only in accordance with recommendation of the relevant committee of the Assembly after taking into account the views of the Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance.”
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24 Jul 2018 in National Assembly:
When you read the Message, you referred these Bills to the Budget and Appropriations Committee to give us that determination. Article 109 of the Constitution is on exercise of legislative powers. Article 109(1) of the Constitution says Parliament shall exercise its legislative power through Bills passed by Parliament and assented to by the President.
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24 Jul 2018 in National Assembly:
Article 109(5) of the Constitution says that a Bill may be introduced by any Member or Committee of the relevant House of Parliament, but a money Bill may be introduced only in the National Assembly in accordance with Article 114 of the Constitution. Before we deal with Order Nos. 8, 9 and 10, we want your guidance on whether the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee has tabled a report before this House in accordance with Article 114(2) of the Constitution because these are money Bills. What is the position of the Budget and Appropriations Committee? If they have ...
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24 Jul 2018 in National Assembly:
In exercising our legislative powers, we must always respect the Constitution and what it says in terms of the demarcation of roles and mandate of the two Houses. The Clerks-at-the- Table cannot read these Bills for the first time, if the Budget and Appropriation Committee has not tabled its report. Hon. Speaker, I need your guidance.
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5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, as I read the Statement, the two Chairs can tell us whether there is mercury in the sugar we consume.
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5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2) (a), I rise to give the following Statement on behalf of the House Business Committee (HBC) that sat on Tuesday this week at the rise of the House to give priority for business for the remaining part of the week.
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5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly:
I wish to remind Members that the House is scheduled to proceed on a short recess commencing tomorrow in accordance with the resolution passed on Thursday last week regarding the alteration of the Calendar of the House. As a result of this, the HBC has not scheduled any business for next week.
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5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly:
Upon resumption from the short recess, the following Bills will be given priority at the Second Reading stage: the Warehouse Receipts System Bill, the Sacco Societies (Amendment) Bill, the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill No.12 of 2018, the Health Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018 and the Finance Bill. We will also consider in the Committee of the whole House the Public Private Partnership (Amendment) Bill, 2017. I, therefore, urge all chairs of the departmental committees of the various Bills that have been sent to them to expedite consideration of those Bills and table any pending reports when we resume. In addition, ...
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5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly:
Also prioritised for debate after the recess is the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs regarding consideration of the nominee for appointment to the Office of the Chairperson and Members of the Commission on Administrative Justice. We will also consider the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on the nominee for appointment as Chairperson of Salaries and Remuneration Commission. The 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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