11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to make some comments on this Motion of Adjournment. First, I want to congratulate the substantive Speaker and the entire Speaker’s Panel for the manner in which he has steered the affairs of this House. I also want to congratulate this House for delivering on its mandate in making laws; while noting that very few of them did not meet the express Presidential Assent. I also want to express my dissatisfaction with the conduct exhibited by hon. Outa. He has walked out and I wish he could have remained here. ...
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12 Nov 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I also wish to commend the hon. Member who has brought this Bill and the amendments. I want to support the amendments as proposed in Clause 16. Drought is a big issue in this country 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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12 Nov 2014 in National Assembly:
whenever it occurs and it needs to be addressed adequately. I have every belief that this Bill aims at exactly doing that. I support.
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27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker.
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27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to begin by saying that I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. I believe that there are quite a number of Members in the House who are members of that Committee.
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27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the guidance you are about to give on this issue will make or break the functions or the role of a Departmental Committee. This is for a simple reason. A Committee has been convened, sat, deliberated on a matter, actively engaged on that matter and finally came to a position collectively. It is being said 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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27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
by the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare that after consultations with a number of Members--- It is not on the basis of those consultations that a Chairperson of a Committee can withdraw a matter. This has to be in a properly constituted and convened Committee meeting. This is where the matter is referred back to, debated and either agreed or disagreed on before a Chairman of a Committee can be allowed to withdraw it.
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27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
I urge the Temporary Deputy Chairman to rule the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare as out of order in purporting to withdraw a position that had been agreed in the Committee.
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27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman.
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to seek your guidance because I am strongly opposed to these amendments as proposed. I want to bring to the attention of this House that the very amendments that are before the House came in the Tenth Parliament. All of them were thrown out on the basis that there had been no prior consultations between the consumers of the services of the Industrial Court, namely, the employers and workers in this country. This is a requirement under the employment Act. It is a requirement in the Constitution with regard to people’s participation. It is ...
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