Judah ole Metito

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Entries 1221 to 1230 of 1895.

• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: minor amendments that do not merit being put in separate Bills. They are consolidated into one Bill. view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Most of these are trying to harmonize the semantics in some Acts or statutes. They are 49 as has been said. However, if you look at some, you will find that it is just a matter of trying to correct an error. For example, if you look at the amendments to what is called “Mohammedan Marriage and Divorce Registration Act, Cap. 155, you will find that it is just a matter of trying to remove the word “Mohammedan” and replace it with “Muslim” and nothing else. That is not the only one. view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is good that Members get to listen because this is the first Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill in the 11th Parliament. The majority of us are seeing a Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill for the first time. If you look at the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, 2003, you will find that you are just trying to replace the title “director” with the title “secretary”. view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: If you look at some amendments you will find that you are just trying to replace the title “Minister” in the previous Constitution with“Cabinet Secretary” in the new Constitution. Most importantly, I agree that there are some which have issues and those are the ones that we need to address. Those who were in the House Business Committee yesterday can confirm that I was the one who brought the proposal that brought the middle ground as the way forward on this Bill. I can confirm that out of the 49 Acts, maybe 10 or 15 have issues that need to ... view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: However, Members should learn that this is a debating Chamber and we do not just reject a Bill because it is in bad taste or is not consistent with other laws. What we should do is to cure the anomaly by amending the Bill and not rejecting it. That is what we will do when we go to the Committee Stage. view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we agreed yesterday to take the position that we took in the 10th Parliament. I can see many of my colleagues are seated here and can very well recall that the last State Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill in the 10th Parliament came in January when we had about ten days to the end of the life of that Parliament. This is what we had to do, those laws that had timelines and urgency were passed at the Third Stage; those that could wait for the 11th Parliament to come were dropped at the Committee Stage. ... view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: If you look at the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, you will find that this was the same amendment which was rejected by the 10th Parliament; it has now been brought back because State officers have to be cleared before they vie for any elective post. I think we rejected this amendment in the 10th Parliament but it has been brought back. This Parliament may again reject it. view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: 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: I am saying that we should give views, but let us allow it to go to the Third Reading together with all those others that have been identified as having timelines, and we pass them before we go on recess. What can wait until we come back in February should wait. That was the consensus in the House Business Committee. view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Let me explain to Members. It is not one Bill. Even in one Bill, you go clause by clause at the Committee Stage. You approve one clause and reject the other. If you remember, the Mover who was the Attorney-General in the last Parliament said; “as the Mover, I drop that amendment”. You cannot say that because it is one Bill; you have to reject all of it. Going through it clause by clause is what is called the “Committee”. You approve what you think is good and you drop what you think is not good. view