Gladys Wanga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1551 to 1560 of 1718.

• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: I am deleting ‘foreigner”, “foreign inter-governmental organisation” or “non-governmental organisation”. view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: And inserting the words “directly from”. view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to speak on this Bill, which I oppose. From my reading of this Bill and the partner Bill, that of the National Police Service Commission (Amendment) Bill, what I see as the long and short of these Bills is to restrict the powers of the National Police Service Commission, while expanding the powers of the Inspector General, improving his security of tenure and introducing powers for the Cabinet Secretary to control the Commission. As a House, we must look at where the Police Service has come from and the genesis ... view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: I also had an opportunity to read the report. I am speaking to the spirit of the amendments that were introduced to this House, through the two amendment Bills. If these matters were corrected by the Committee, then we will be amenable to these amendments, particularly when they come on the Floor of this House. I have prepared my notes on the basis of the amendment Bills and I wanted to express myself with that spirit so that we do not have Bills being introduced and us having to push and pull. The people who intend to bring Bills to ... view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: is the creation of a board and a board can exist to deal with operational matters, but matters of human resource are in the clear purview of the National Police Service Commission. The Inspector General and his two deputies are part and parcel of the Commission as it is currently. Therefore, in my view, all consultations should be held within the context of the Commission and requiring the Inspector General to be consulted independently, for me is strange because he is a Member of the Commission. If the desire is to remove the two from the ex-official status within the ... view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise on a point of order as per Standing Order No.127. view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand to strongly oppose this Bill; I would like to raise some procedural issues that have also been raised by my colleagues, particularly under Standing Order No.127 on committal of Bills to committees and public participation. Really, we will be able to vote on the contents of this Bill but we will not be able to vote on whether the procedure followed on this Bill is correct; you have to rule on that; it is only you who has the law and the powers to do that. That is why we are calling on you ... view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as a House and as Members of this House we will be able to competently debate matters of substance in the Bill and vote whichever 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. view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: way. However, I am reading Standing Order No.127 together with Article 118(b) of the Constitution which says: view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: “Parliament shall facilitate public participation and involvement in the legislative and other business of Parliament and its committees.” view