Tom Joseph Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 10271 to 10280 of 10308.

• 15 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, we have quorum; so we will proceed. view
• 15 May 2013 in National Assembly: Do we have a quorum? We seem to be struggling with quorum today. I, therefore, order the Division Bell to be rung for ten minutes. view
• 15 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, there being no quorum, the House stands adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, 16th May, 2013 at 2.30 p.m. view
• 15 May 2013 in National Assembly: The House rose at 5.50 pm view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. I have loved the debate that hon. Members have displayed on the Floor but we have ventilated this issue for quite some time now. This is particularly the amendment that my sister has brought before the House. Could I be in order to request that the Mover be called upon to respond on the issue only limited to the amendment that is before the House because some of us are very eager to debate the real issue? If we go this direction, we will not give the entire report a service. Some ... view
• 9 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Chairlady. I rise to support in half. view
• 9 May 2013 in National Assembly: Clause 6(1) in itself is good law because the Constitution anticipates that there will be dispute resolution and an Act of Parliament really can regulate that organs would first of all look for all dispute settlements mechanisms before they approach a court of law. It is reasonable. So, to that extent I am inclined to support my sister, hon. Kajuju on this matter but again subsection 2 and 3 of the Clause is actually unlawful and unconstitutional. The Constitution itself has allowed the organs to be able to interface and the Inter-governmental Relations Act itself has also allowed further the ... view
• 9 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, this is one of those rare occasions that I find myself in the same wavelength with the Leader of Majority Party. The amendment that is proposed is not in keeping with the legislative practice in the Commonwealth. The content of the Act itself is the enactment. The memorandum is a justification. It is an explanation of the enactment but what turns out to be law is the content itself in the Bill. It would be contrary to drafting procedure that you find a memorandum being part of the Bill because it does not in any way cause any ... view
• 9 May 2013 in National Assembly: Unfortunately, the Leader of Majority Party is right on this. I hate to say so. This is about legislative practice. It is about how to structure bills and view
• 9 May 2013 in National Assembly: As a legislative practitioner, this will be the first time I will see a bill in which part of it will be a memorandum. When this Bill is now turned into an Act of Parliament, all those things we are seeing will disappear and all we will see is the content of the bill which is the practice in all Commonwealth jurisdictions view