Sen. George Khaniri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1831 to 1840 of 1873.

• 10 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, the Minister is out of order, because he used an unparliamentary word. He said that I "lied." Could he first of all withdraw that word? view
• 10 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Minister has really surprised me today. I even shared this issue with him yesterday when this Question appeared on the Order Paper. The Minister, who is also a full reverend, told me: "Why are you wasting your time asking this Question in Parliament, when I just talked to the District Commissioner (DC) and my three---" view
• 10 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, he told me that yesterday! Could he confirm or deny that? view
• 10 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am going to check the records. But the Assistant Minister says that he will subdivide the location if recommendations come from the people of Shaviringa. I represent the people of Shaviringa in this House, and I would like to inform him that they want their location to be subdivided. In view of this, what is the Ministry's position? view
• 10 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the meantime, I withdraw, but I will go and get evidence. view
• 10 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will repeat the last question which I have just asked. The Assistant Minister said that if the residents of Shaviringa request for the subdivision of the location, they will do it. I would like to tell him that, as their representative, they want their location to be subdivided. In line with the Government policy of moving administration closer to the people, what does the Assistant Minister have to say about this? view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for according me this opportunity to make my remarks on this very important Bill. I want to start by congratulating the Minister for Labour for bringing this Bill to the Floor of this House. I want to agree with the speakers who have spoken before me that this has been long overdue. In fact, one wonders how the employees of this Republic have survived for all these years without a proper law to safeguard them or regulate their terms of service, considering that most of the employers in this country are very oppressive ... view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, before I was rudely interrupted by the call for quorum--- view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I was saying before I was rudely interrupted by the call for quorum, the workers in this country have been taken for granted for many years by the successive Governments. I really want to thank the Minister for bringing this Bill to protect the workers. It is only that I was taken aback by His Excellency, the President, during 1st may, 2007, on Labour Day celebrations when he took the podium, addressing workers. He concentrated on issues that do not affect workers in this country at all. This took me aback and I started ... view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: It falls under Part II, Clause 5(6) on page 158. I think that it will be the responsibility of the one accusing to prove that he has been wronged and not the other way round. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to draw the Minister's attention to Part III of the Bill - Employment Relationships. Clause 8 says: "The provisions of this Act shall apply to oral and written contracts." I do not understand what is meant by "oral contracts". I think that all employers must be compelled to ensure that they have written and signed contracts with ... view