16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I am ashamed to be a Member of this Committee. I think I am one of those who should be bundled out of it altogether.
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16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I do not hold brief for the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman, but since I am a high ranking Member of the Committee, I would like to say that this Committee is very hard working. It is trying to keep up with the regulations that come up from all Ministries and all rules-making institutions.
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16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
We have since received communication from the Clerk that from 23rd to 28th June, this Committee will be considering a raft of regulations that come before it on a day to day basis. But there is one issue we need to deal with. It looks administrative, but it frustrates the process of the Committee in their work. It is the issue of clerking. This is something which is beyond the mandate of the Liaison Committee. You find a situation where a committee that is entrusted with several instruments to consider is clerked by personnel who are not up to the ...
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16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, as you know, as a Member, I am unable to convene the Committee even if I wanted to. I am unable to plan for a meeting even if I wanted to. I am unable to make preparations for a meeting, or even make reports, even if I wanted. It is all about the quality of the leadership of the committee, and how that leadership is able to push the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly to either get that particular Clerk out altogether or get a better one.
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16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
We are going to take up the matter. I will take a copy of today’s HANSARD and appear before that committee. We will find out where the problem is, so that we are not bashed on the Floor of this House anymore. This Committee has high ranking Members, and I feel pained that I am one of those who have let you down.
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16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker.
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16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, can we have up to 30th June 2015?
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16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
Yes, Hon. Speaker, because the clerk has already made arrangements for a week long retreat; it will run on a day to day basis. I suppose it will be as a result of the retreat that reports will be ready.
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11 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.
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11 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I know that we resolved on 11th February 2015 that the Leader of the Majority Party, in a Motion like this one, shall have 15 minutes to move it. Considering the business of the pronouncement of the Budget highlights, would 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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