29 Sep 2015 in National Assembly:
But you agree that the amendments can be dropped?
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29 Sep 2015 in National Assembly:
Do I hear you to be urging the Chair to allow you to take over the amendments by the Member for Mbita?
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29 Sep 2015 in National Assembly:
I hear you, Hon. Chairman. I am only dealing with issues of procedure. It would be very difficult for you to take over the amendments of the Member unless the Member has given you authority in writing to take it over. I sympathise with your position, but the procedure does not allow me to give you that leeway. I am sorry. In future, if the Member is absent and you think you really want to take over those amendments, she perhaps may, in writing, signal some type of authority to that extent. So, we were in Clause 77. I have ...
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29 Sep 2015 in National Assembly:
Why were they not Committee amendments? I am asking a question, please. Why did those amendments not come as 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.
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29 Sep 2015 in National Assembly:
Committee amendments through the Chairman? What was the wisdom in proposing them through the Member? That is where the game changes. Member for Kwanza.
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29 Sep 2015 in National Assembly:
Well, I am just going through the issues of procedure. Hon. Member, you know that many of us were not with you. So, when you come before us, we go through the procedure. Hon. Chairman, can you explain the wisdom in carrying these amendments as the Member’s amendments rather than Committee amendments?
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29 Sep 2015 in National Assembly:
For example, Clause 77, you do not have it on the Order Paper?
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29 Sep 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Chairman, I understand you fully. We have had this discussion as to whether a Member can delegate another Member to carry an amendment before the Floor. It is a big issue which we have debated in several other Bills. So, we want to create some consistency. The ruling that we have made which concurs with the Standing Orders is that yes, a Member can delegate another Member to do so, but must be with written authority. That is what the Standing Order says. So, we are trying to be faithful to the rules that we have. But, Hon. Chairman, ...
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29 Sep 2015 in National Assembly:
All right, Member for North Horr, you have asked a question which has challenged me and so, I have just had to consult. I do not know if you have the same Order Paper, but if we have the same Order Paper, the Committee’s proposals are all the way from Page 533 to Page 956. Those are Committee’s proposals. When you begin from Page 956, you can see the Member for Mbita giving notice of several amendments all the way. It is on Page 975, where, for example, she is making a proposal on Clause 77. So, if we dangerously ...
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29 Sep 2015 in National Assembly:
All right, let us proceed. We were at Clause 77 and I have just, therefore, announced that the amendment by the Member for Mbita thereby stands dropped.
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