Amina Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1961 to 1970 of 2343.

• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to second this Motion. In seconding the Motion, I wish to alert the Members of this House that the amendments that we will be moving in this Bill will fall into four categories. The first category is where we will establish whether these regulations are compliant with the Constitution. Under that category, we will be deleting the provisions that Members of Parliament should have 1,000 supporters and the Members of the Senate should have 500 supporters. That provision is inconsistent with the Constitution. Apart from the President, the provision for subscribers is confined ... view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, regulation 2 be amended- (a) in the definition of the term “copy register” by deleting the expression “regulation 62(4) (b)” and substituting therefor the expression “regulation 62(4) (a) or its electronic version”. (b) by inserting the following new definition in its proper alphabetical sequence- “campaign” means the promotion of a candidate or political party for the purposes of an election during the period referred to in regulation 56. This is to provide for one, the electronic version of the voter register and two, to define what campaign period means. In this ... view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, regulation 3 be amended by inserting the following new paragraphs immediately after paragraph (1)- “(1A) Prior to appointment under paragraph (1), the Commission shall provide the list of persons proposed for appointment to political parties and independent candidates at least fourteen days prior to the proposed date of appointment to enable them make any representations. (1B) The returning officer shall be responsible for – (a) conducting elections at the constituency level; (b) receiving nomination papers in respect of candidates nominated for the post of National Assembly and Ward representative; (a) the ... view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, regulation 4 be amended by- (a) deleting paragraph (1) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph- view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: “(1) The Commission shall appoint county returning officers to be responsible for— view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: (a) receiving nomination papers in respect of candidates nominated for the post of Governor or county woman representative to the National Assembly and the Senate; view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: (b) tallying results from constituencies in the county for purposes of the election of the President, county Governor, Senator and county women representative to the National Assembly; view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: (c) declaration and announcement of results tallied under subparagraph (b); (d) such other functions as may be assigned by the Commission.” (b) inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (1)- “(1A) Prior to appointment under paragraph (1), the Commission shall provide the list of persons proposed for appointment to political parties and independent candidates at least fourteen days prior to the proposed date of appointment to enable them make any representations.” This is basically to give the responsibility of the County Returning Officer and in part “b” to also ensure that their recruitment is transparent by sharing their names ... view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, regulation 5 be amended by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (1)- “(1A) Prior to appointment under paragraph (1), the Commission shall provide the list of persons proposed for appointment to political parties and independent candidates at least fourteen days prior to the proposed date of appointment to enable them make any representations.” This again brings transparency to the appointment of Returning Officers. view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, the following new regulation be inserted immediately after Regulation 5- Appointment of polling clerks 5A (1) The Commission shall appoint such number of polling clerks for each constituency as it may consider necessary. (2)The Commission shall share the list of appointees with political parties and independent candidates within fourteen days from the date of appointment to enable them raise any objections. (3)The list of the appointees shall be displayed prominently at the offices of the Commission within the constituency. view