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8 Jul 2021 in Senate:
It also introduces various very key people. There will be eight persons who will help at the various levels, especially at the CoG and how they will bring in their interests from the counties. There is an elaborate process on how to do that. We have consultation that can happen within the county governments. This includes the authority to delve and handle a deal with the CEC. It is very difficult to have any legislation without the CEC Members featuring at the county level. the CEC finally might not be able to make the key recommendations at the level of ...
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8 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Local investors should be encouraged. Definition of a local investor is given and how they can come to the fore and do what is expected therein. The establishment of these institutions starting with the board, the council and the Authority and how they should run I think is the big strength of this Bill, especially under devolution. The idea of entrenching investment within the counties and under devolution will catapult investment in this country and better development for the future. I am sure the Committee of Tourism, Trade and Industrialization will fastrack it. We will also be able to get ...
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8 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I beg to move that the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.33 of 2020) be read a Second Time.
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8 Jul 2021 in Senate:
This afternoon, the House has been rout with a topic about what happens with our Motions, Statements and Committee reports when we have projected and worked on them. That is at both the Committee and Plenary levels and even Motions brought by individuals where we make very strong resolutions. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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8 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Some Members, for example, said when it comes to these issues, maybe we need to reactivate the Implementation Committee. How do we move forward? We have the Executive, Legislature and the Judiciary. We know our most important responsibility is oversight, but have we done what is meant to be done?
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8 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Most times when these Motions, Statements and various outputs come from us as legislators, we expect certain changes. When we have done legislative amendments like we have done this afternoon, it is different because when an Act now comes into being, then certain actions, reactions and outputs will automatically come in the context of legislative agenda and work. It is law and, therefore, it will be followed.
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8 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, apart from laws, we have Motions, Statements and Committee proceedings. Every other day, you find Members coming to the Floor of this House to give these. This afternoon, we had Sen. Malalah, Sen. Olekina and several Members speak to it. What happens when the Motions go out? Maybe they go to the relevant Ministries and then land on an officer’s desk, and therein lies the disconnect. We do not know which officer is handling the matter or how far the implementation process has gone. Neither do we know whether the implementation process has started and stopped, whether ...
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8 Jul 2021 in Senate:
It then allows Parliament the necessary democratic governance that is anchored on the fundamental principle that Parliament represents the will of the people and exercises their sovereignty. We are looking at this as a responsibility, almost a right, brought on the governors, on the Senators, on agencies to ensure that this happens as expected. We also have the issue of very important aspects like, for example, policy, the use of time and resources. In many of these reports that we give, parliamentary committee reports contain important policy recommendations and perspectives. These need to be enhanced not only just within Government ...
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8 Jul 2021 in Senate:
consolidated report. For example, if there are very many issues that have gone to a specific public officer, then that particular officer who is responsible can have a consolidated report for all these issues and present that consolidated report. The whole idea is really just to create a structure for feedback so that, at the end of the day, we have where to follow up from and by giving a specification on how it should be handled then that helps us to be able to move forward. That is the main part about the collaboration. This amendment Bill also moves ...
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8 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, this is the second time we are going through this Bill. This Bill had gone up to the National Assembly and it is one of the laws that is coming up after the court ruling on concurrence. I remember hearing that the National Assembly also contributed to the Amendment Bill and they were positive about it. They thought that it is something important that will help the work of legislators.
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