Calist Mwatela

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, hon. Kioni made an early request and so did hon. Nyambati. May I then suggest that we give Messrs. Kioni and Nyambati two minutes and the rest one minute each, and then I will be able to reply within five minutes. view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, first of all, I would like to thank hon. John Pesa. Initially, he brought a Question here regarding this matter and I am the one who responded to it. We undertook, as the Ministry of Education, to fast-track payments of these dues to teachers. So, the Ministry of Education is fully committed to making sure that teachers earn their pensions in accordance with the laid-down procedure. The pension laws in this country are clear. You cannot withhold anybody’s pension for any reason. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, what is most disturbing in this matter is that this ... view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: A very important point has been raised by the Whip. This is the issue of lawyers collecting signatures pretending that they can push for this money to be paid. The award has already been done by the court. So, the payment is between the Government and the teachers and no lawyer should be given any money for this. For that matter, I will say that the Government, which I represent here, has already allocated the money and no one should stop it from being disbursed to teachers. The Attorney-General should give his opinion because he had his time in court. ... view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: It is not right that somebody works and at the end of it all, the person continues running around looking for his money. It is a shame. Please, let us all agree that as we leave this House today, we want these teachers to be paid their money. Since there is a pending issue regarding the question of monies, I will make this statement. The Ministry of Education has no qualms regarding the issue of capitation being disbursed to schools. We have no problem. We presented our case to the Ministry of Finance and it is that Ministry that withheld ... view
• 5 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this has to be done within seven days. We will give the Ministerial Statement on Thursday, this week. view
• 5 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: No, no. view
• 5 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said that it has to be within seven days. So, I was asking that I bring the Statement on Thursday this week. view
• 5 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if it is limited to the original request of giving reasons, give timeline and no repeat in future, that could be done by tomorrow. However, on how we have expended the amounts voted in the 2011/2012 Financial Year, that may require greater details. That is why I am requesting for Thursday. But--- view
• 5 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: I agree fully, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. In fact, we are in consultation with the Ministry of Finance. You will understand that this is a matter between the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education. As I am speaking, discussions are going on between the Ministry of Education and--- view