Amina Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 25 and inserting the following New Clause 25─ Functions of 25.The powers and functions of the basin water resources the basin water committee shall be to advise the Authority, at the respective resources regional office, concerning─ committees. (a) conservation, use and apportionment of water resources; (b) the grant, adjustment, cancellation or variation of any permit; (c) protection of water resources and increasing the availability of water; (d) annual reporting to the users of its services and the public on water issues and ... view
• 2 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: strategy; (g) facilitation of the establishment and operations of water resource user associations; (h) flood mitigation activities; (i) information sharing between the basin area and the Authority (j) the equitable water sharing within the basin area through water allocation plans; and (k) any other matter related to the proper management of water resources. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this is an important amendment in that the current Clause 25 gives executive powers and implementation powers to a committee that is not financed or structured in a way that it will be able to achieve the said objectives or functions. So, we ... view
• 2 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I beg to move:- view
• 2 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: THAT, Clause 29 be amended in sub clause (1) by deleting the word “four” appearing in paragraph (e) and substituting therefor the word “five”. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 2 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: The essence of this amendment is that, currently the Bill speaks to the Board of National Water and Pipeline Corporation that has been changed to National Water Harvesting and Storage Authority. It had nine members, but the ninth member is ex-officio, meaning the Chief Executive Officer. We have amended it so that the membership is odd, which has become nine by increasing to five the members who are appointed by the Cabinet Secretary. view
• 2 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I beg to move:- view
• 2 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: THAT, Clause 30 be amended in sub clause (1) by— (a) inserting the words “and flood control” immediately after the word “storage” appearing in paragraph (a); (b) renumbering paragraph (e) as paragraph (f); (c) inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (d)— (e) undertake on behalf of the national government strategic water emergency interventions during drought; and (d) inserting the words “and flood control” immediately after the word “storage” appearing in paragraph (f). We wanted to ensure that the role of National Water Harvesting and Storage Authority is clarified by including flood control as that is a function that ... view
• 2 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I beg to move:- view
• 2 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: THAT, Clause 40 be amended by inserting the following new sub clause immediately after clause (2)— “(3) Where there is an agreement between the Authority and a water resources users’ association, the Authority may make available a portion of the water use charges to be used for financing such regulatory activities as the water resources users association has agreed to undertake on behalf of the Authority.” The Water Resource Authority works with water resource users association. So we needed to give them the power to spend a portion of the water user charges for helping the users association to do ... view
• 2 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 62 be amended by- (a) deleting sub clause (1) and substituting therefor the following new sub clause— (1) The Cabinet Secretary shall, within one year of the commencement of this Act and every five years thereafter, following public participation, formulate a Water Services Strategy. (b) inserting the following new sub clause immediately after sub clause (5) The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view