7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly:
Blatant abuse of office by hiring people from one community where we have 13 slots, new appointments and irregular termination of the services of four others from one other community, that is, the Finance Officer, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Internal Auditor. They have also sent one officer in the legal office on compulsory leave. The sacked officers were forcefully ejected from the office without any explanation.
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7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, these are matters of concern to the people for which Article 95 of the Constitution empowers this House to resolve. In this regard, my prayer is for this House to require the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Science and Technology (MOEST) through the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology to give a comprehensive report regarding the issues bedeviling that premier university.
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7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker.
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7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly:
With due regard for my colleague who is the Member of Parliament for Belgut Constituency, I just want to say that three weeks is too much looking at the kind of urgency this Report requires. Since it will be brought to the House, I feel 14 days would be very ideal. Thank you, Hon. Speaker.
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1 Oct 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is about this Petition. First of all, I want to thank Hon. Amina for bringing out the facts as they are on the ground. In the recent past, there have been many issues touching on production of sugar. What has come out clearly and the truth on the ground is lack of regulations. The fact that Hon. Amina has brought out to the Departmental Committee of Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives is what I want to emphasize, that we have regulations brought to this House, to set the parameters between new factories and the existing factories. ...
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27 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I concur with the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade but, I have reservations on 22(A)(5), where he has left an open box to the Tax Appeals Tribunal. It says that the Tax Appeals Tribunal shall hear and determine the appeal without undue delay. I feel that the Tribunal will have a whole time to play around with the process of the appeal. So, my request is whether there is room to pass an amendment that will give some timeframe within which the Tribunal is supposed to assess and come up with ...
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27 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I concur with the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade but, I have reservations on 22(A)(5), where he has left an open box to the Tax Appeals Tribunal. It says that the Tax Appeals Tribunal shall hear and determine the appeal without undue delay. I feel that the Tribunal will have a whole time to play around with the process of the appeal. So, my request is whether there is room to pass an amendment that will give some timeframe within which the Tribunal is supposed to assess and come up with ...
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26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- 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.
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26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
THAT, aware that Article 35 of the Constitution entitles every citizen to access information required for enjoyment of their fundamental rights and freedoms; recognizing that advertising is an irreplaceable platform through which information is disseminated; recalling that the Government recently created a Government Advertisement Agency (GAA) vide Treasury Circular No.9 of 2015 on 10th June 2015; noting that the agency is, inter alia, mandated to authorize public sector advertising, implement sectoral standards, procedures and guidelines and manage consolidated Government advertising funds; concerned that the agency now requires all Government Ministries, public institutions and agencies to be subservient to it in ...
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26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker.
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