23 Mar 2022 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.
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8 Mar 2022 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, my point of order is with regard in the way we are processing our Bills of late. Last week but one, this House considered the Elections (Amendment) Bill that was sponsored by Sen. Murkomen. The Bill was processed by the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights and it tendered its report on the Floor of the House. I had written a letter to the Speaker of the Senate, drawing his attention to the fact that I was out of the country and the Committee needed more time to bring our report to the Floor and ...
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8 Mar 2022 in Senate:
The delay on finalization of our report is because we were waiting for communication from the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) on the likely implications of us deleting the degree requirement from qualifications for those seeking to vie for positions of Members of Parliament (MPs).
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8 Mar 2022 in Senate:
That Bill was considered without the input of my Committee. It means that the public participation undertaken by the Committee did not find its way to the Floor of the House. Our courts have ruled on very many occasions that though we are not bound by the views received from the public, Parliament must consider their views. The only way we consider the views is by the Committee engaging stakeholders, preparing a report and tabling the same before the House.
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8 Mar 2022 in Senate:
In view of the fact that this law has been enacted without the input of the report from the Committee, it means that we have not taken into account the views from the public and that this Bill was processed while my letter to the Speaker was on record. I
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8 Mar 2022 in Senate:
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8 Mar 2022 in Senate:
wish to know the ruling of the Speaker on the likely implications of passage of this Bill without taking into account the views from the public.
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8 Mar 2022 in Senate:
Secondly, my Committee is in the process of finalizing a report on the views that were received from the public regarding the Lifestyle Audit Bill (Senate Bills No.36 of 2021) which is in today’s Order Paper. We are still facing the same challenge. I do not know why people do not want to respect jurisprudence that comes from the courts yet it is supposed to direct us?
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8 Mar 2022 in Senate:
We had an advert for public participation, we received views and prepared a report. However, this Bill is being pushed forward without the input of that report.
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8 Mar 2022 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I request that you direct that that Bill be removed from the Order Paper and should not be listed in the next two weeks, so that my Committee can finalize the report and table it before the House. It is a good Bill, but it risks being declared unconstitutional by our courts if we push it before my Committee tables the views from the public. I thank you.
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