Gladys Wanga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1561 to 1570 of 1718.

• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you look at Standing Order No.127(5), it says: “If for any reason, at the commencement of the Second Reading the report of the Committee has not been presented, the Committee concerned shall report progress to the House and the failure to present the report shall be noted by the Liaison Committee for necessary action.” Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, that has not happened in the case of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs; in any case you will note that even the referral period of this Bill was reduced substantially; we reduced it from ... view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thought that somebody had switched off my microphone. Thank you for returning it so that I can make this point. I have ten minutes to contribute. Please, protect my ten minutes. I am looking at this Bill; I am looking at, for example, the matter that has already been raised by hon. Gumbo on the National Police Service Commission (Amendment) Bill. When you look at this Bill - we have not really had much time to look at it - the section amending the Act says in Clause 14(b) “delete”. Now, how are you supposed ... view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: National Assembly.” Are we saying that we are ceding our powers through an amendment that has just come here and we are looking at it in a hurry? Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you look at the section on the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), this House has an oversight role over all constitutional commissions. No chair of a constitutional commission can be appointed without approval of this National Assembly. What this Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill is suggesting--- If you look at page 946 of this Bill it says: “Delete Section 1(6). Delete words with prior approval of the ... view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, can we have time to debate this Bill? That is what we are calling for. Can we have time to review this Bill? view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have not seen the 49 statutes. I have just looked at three and I have already seen the wonders and miracles of this world. I am wondering what will happen if I look at the 49 laws. Perhaps, other Members as well have not had an opportunity to go through them. Usually, we get an opportunity to go through materials within our committees. When our committees come to this House and give us reports, we are very confident. In fact, most of the time we strive to pass those reports because our staff happen to ... view
• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what has happened in previous sittings is that if the Member who requested for the Statement is not in the House, the Statement has been dropped. The Chair should rule and tell us what is going to be happening if the Member is not in the House. Some Members have been disadvantaged in the past because their Statements have been dropped in the event that they are absent from the House at the point at which the Statement is being delivered. I seek your guidance. Now, the Speaker should really rule and tell us what ... view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to this very important Motion. What I can say about Uwezo Fund is that it is much awaited by the youth and women of this country. There is nothing that is more talked about in the villages than the Uwezo Fund currently. What I can urge the Ministries concerned, is to expedite the issue of certificates so that our youth and women groups can have certificates in good time. I do hope that we are going to reduce the period of six months for one to qualify ... view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Youth and Women Enterprise Development funds have had their successes in various areas, we do know that generally, they have not succeeded as much because of lack of championship and accountability from the political leadership. I am happy that this has come to the House. The County Members of Parliament did also move to have this money come through Parliament. Initially, the thinking was that since Members of Parliament have Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), the County Members of Parliament would have the Uwezo Fund. Then we went to an arrangement that was 50-50, and finally we were, in fact, outside ... view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. I support the principle advanced by hon. Shebesh, particularly on the County Women Representatives being the champions of this Fund. I would like the hon. Member to clarify, because when I read these amendments, the roles as given to the County Member of Parliament right now are to publicize, raise awareness and develop capacity building; these are good roles. However, we know that there is Section 15, which requires the County Member of Parliament to also appoint some representation to the constituency committee. What this amendment essentially does is to invalidate that role ... view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, in view of the Speaker’s ruling, protecting sub-Regulation (d), I am looking at the deletion of sub- Regulation (3). Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, if we delete Clause 18(3) as proposed in the amendments – Page 443 of the Order Paper – then you leave it hanging. If you say that (d) is protected and then you say that 20 per cent is for religious institutions as a grant and (3) comes in to say how exactly they shall administer within their jurisdictions and so on--- If you continue with the amendments, that is, (d) deleting paragraph ... view