17 Jul 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Is it in order for Sen. Khalwale to disparage a means of transport, which is available in our country? Some use donkeys while others use boda bodas, motor bikes, matatus and so on. There was even a time that when you had a mobile phone you were extremely luxurious. I think that choppers are just a means of transport that expedite your attendance of meetings, like I saw Sen. Khalwale using one the other day. I know that it was borrowed, but it is otherwise a means of transport.
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17 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Is he in order to disparage a means of transport?
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16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not want to go in that direction because I have seen a Bill that I sponsor on the Order Paper yet it was committed to the Committee less than two weeks ago. I sit in the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, which basically I guess is the Committee to be committed to.
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16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Yesterday’s Order Paper.
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16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, it was in the Order Paper yesterday.
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16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Even then, Mr. Speaker, Sir---
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16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
I have only one thing, Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you allow me---
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16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, it has, but not in the initial question I asked. It is in relation to Standing Order No.130(1), which says that:- “A Bill having been read First Time shall stand committed to the relevant Standing Committee without question put.” (2) Notwistanding paragraph (1), the Senate may resolve to commit a Bill to a Select Committee established for that purpose. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know the right interpretation and I am not asking that you rule now. However, I am just wondering if a Bill, for example, relates to inter governmental relations, matters of cities and ...
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16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, in this situation, I am just referring to the Sessional Committee on Devolved Government.
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16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
For example, if a Bill relates to inter governmental relations, cities and urban areas, the functions of that Committee, include those issues. The question is: Should we be voting on the Floor of the House to commit a Bill to that Committee when it is necessary that a Committee handles a particular Bill? It looks like it is one of the new provisions we put in our Standing Orders after we revised them. So, I am not asking for an immediate ruling, but we might need direction---
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