30 Aug 2012 in National Assembly:
I will give you an extra sixty seconds to move because your time is up!
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30 Aug 2012 in National Assembly:
Hon. Kones, I am sorry to interrupt you. The clocks in the House need to be synchronised. You will have 18 minutes when debate on this Motion resumes.
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30 Aug 2012 in National Assembly:
Hon. Members, it is now time to adjourn the House to Tuesday, 4th September, 2012, at 2.30 p.m. The House rose at 6.30 p.m.
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22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will very reluctantly support this Motion. I say “reluctantly” because two years ago when we promulgated the new Constitution we knew what laws needed to be passed within that period. We have taken time every Thursday when the Leader of Government Business is proposing the Government Business for the following week, to remind him that we need him to publish Bills that need to meet constitutional deadlines. This has been a song on deaf ears. They wait until the last moment in order to push through Bills that will not give hon. Members or the ...
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22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am not aware that my good friend has been elevated to the Front Bench in order to use the Front Row.
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22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Kenneth, I think you are an Assistant Minister. You should be using the Dispatch Box or the Front Row.
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22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly:
Leader of Government Business, may I just get this clarified; have you de-whipped or allowed Members of the Front Bench to oppose Government business on the Floor of the House?
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22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Kenneth, as long as you are at the Front Row or the Dispatch Box, and speaking for the Government, you cannot oppose Government business. You need to clarify. You can speak but you cannot stand and say you oppose the Bill. It will be out of order. The option is yours, really.
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22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly:
Except that there are rules that govern the freedom of expression!
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22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly:
It is Article 79.
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