4 Dec 2013 in National Assembly:
All right. Thank you. There is nothing which the hon. Member has said which is out of order. Everything he has said, he is entitled to say it as an hon. Member. Except that, let me advise you, hon. Shill, from the Chair and I hope you are listening, you are multi-tasking
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4 Dec 2013 in National Assembly:
Thank you. I need you to understand this as a matter of principle: The speaker has made a direction which is now part of our Speaker’s manual directions on Statements. I need you to go and extract and read it carefully. You will be guided very well on how Statements are done. But two, our role here is legislative. If you want the Government to do something or refrain from doing something, the best way is not to ask for a Statement. This is because you will simply get the facts the way they are.
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4 Dec 2013 in National Assembly:
But bring a Motion urging this National Assembly to resolve that certain things must be done. If you do that, then the civil servants you are talking about would have to do them, the way the National Assembly has done. Therefore, let us not use time for Statements the way it was before, let us use the time for Statements to ask for facts which are urgent in nature and which cannot wait for Motions or which cannot wait for legislation. I think that is the direction we will go. Please, stand advised. You can bring a Motion on roads, ...
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4 Dec 2013 in National Assembly:
All right. Thank you very much. You can see that the Chairperson of the Committee is not here. Therefore, that question will be carried to tomorrow morning. Thank you.
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4 Dec 2013 in National Assembly:
Which Committee was this?
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4 Dec 2013 in National Assembly:
You had asked a question?
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4 Dec 2013 in National Assembly:
You had asked on behalf of another Member. Is hon. Kanini here?
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4 Dec 2013 in National Assembly:
Do you have his instructions to keep on prosecuting that on his behalf?
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4 Dec 2013 in National Assembly:
Written instructions?
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4 Dec 2013 in National Assembly:
Do you know what the Standing Orders say on when a Member allows you to do something on his behalf?
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