8 Nov 2017 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand guided. I now support the Motion. It is a very important Motion that requires that we deal with it expeditiously. With those few remarks, I support the Motion.
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12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I just want to add my voice to the issue raised by Hon. Kangogo. It is very true that the position of the majority and minority leaders are constitutional offices and in my coalition, I support Hon. Mbadi to remain as the Leader of the Minority Party. If the Constitution has not provided for those positions in the Senate, the only cure is to amend it. But, the spirit that Hon. Mbadi has talked about I believe says that the Senate is subordinate to this House. This means the National Assembly should have the majority party and the ...
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12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly:
party leaders and the Senate can have somebody who can do house-keeping like a class monitor. The Constitution is superior to the Standing Orders and if it says it is only the National Assembly which is supposed to have the majority party and minority party leaders, then the only cure to that problem is to amend it. There is no other cure.
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12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly:
People who have been masquerading in those positions for the last five years should be held accountable and the Auditor-General should raise an issue on the monies that they have used for the last four years. There is no reason why the Constitution created those positions in the National Assembly and never created them in the Senate. It is very clear that this House is superior because it has the majority leader and minority leader. I support Hon. Mbadi, but those who are masquerading there must report to the majority leader and the minority leader of this House. Those are ...
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12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly:
You better raise that matter as an agenda in the PSC. That should be the first agenda to be discussed by the PSC because there are people who are earning monies that do not belong to them. They are even using Government facilities, including bodyguards. Let me leave it there because I can say very many bad things.
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28 Sep 2017 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I stand to oppose the Motion. This House has standing Orders which guide how it operates.
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28 Sep 2017 in National Assembly:
Standing Order No. 127 (1) says, “A Bill having been read a First Time shall stand committed to the relevant Departmental Committee without question put.
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28 Sep 2017 in National Assembly:
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Assembly may resolve to commit a Bill to a select committee established for that purpose.
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28 Sep 2017 in National Assembly:
(3) The Departmental Committee to which a Bill is committed shall facilitate public participation on the Bill---”
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28 Sep 2017 in National Assembly:
This House has no committees. This is a matter of putting the cart before the horse. This Bill is supposed to be committed to a departmental committee. The Leader of the Majority Party said that he will form an ad hoc committee in the afternoon.
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