Hon Mishi Juma Khamisi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I want to support the amendment by Hon. Mlolwa because we need to have checks and balances. If we leave all the powers to be with the Registrar, he can manipulate or abuse those powers. We want even the CS to be given an opportunity so that he can have a framework for the charges. Thank you. I support Hon. Mlolwa. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, clause 37 of the Bill be deleted. 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. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: That is because in the amendment Bill, it states “subject to any written law” to the contrary. If we go back to the Land Registration Act, it has already categorically said “subject to the law on matrimonial property”. Also in the Constitution, Article 68 (c)(iii) it states:- “68(c)(iii) to regulate the recognition and protection of matrimonial property and in particular the matrimonial home, during and on the termination of marriage” view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: And Article 60(f) of the Constitution states:- “60(f) elimination of gender discrimination in law, customs and practices related to land and property in land. I am afraid we can only say written law if there is no law on matrimonial property. We already have the matrimonial law and we need to stick to it. It is better the way it was rather than what we have right now. As women of this country, we have suffered a lot in terms of matrimonial property. I beg to amend by deleting. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: I am not persuaded. That is because in part (ii), we are deleting the words “joint tenants” appearing in paragraph (a) and substituting therefor the words “tenants in 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. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: common”. Joint tenant means 50-50 share. But if it is tenants in common, it means when you are together, you have ownership of that property. What if you divorce? What will happen to that property? If the Chair can give me a substantive reason why we have changed “joint tenants” to “tenants in common”, then maybe I can understand. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 42 of the Bill be deleted. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, it purports to delete the definition of “board”. Section 2 of the National Land Commission (NLC) Act states:- “2. Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “board” means a county land management board established pursuant to section 18;” We should remember that we have the principle of devolution. If we delete the definition of the word “board”, there is Clause 45 which also deletes the “board”. That offends Article 6(3) of the Constitution which states:- “A national ... view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: There was a proposal of having the county land management boards which are now operational. If we delete the definition and Clause 45, then we will not have that structure in the county. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 45 of the Bill be deleted. This amendment purports to repeal Section 18 of the National Land Commission Act. The amendment in the Bill offends the constitutional principle of devolution. We are in the era of devolution and we need to have a structure at the county level. This amendment also offends the national value on inclusivity and participation under Article 10 of the Constitution. We need to know that under Article 62(2), public land rests in county government and the NLC administers on their behalf. If we say that ... view
• 3 May 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. The amendment to the Land Laws (Amendment) Bill goes against the spirit of the Constitution. In this country, we were yearning for land policy reforms. We also wanted decentralisation of powers from the Cabinet Secretary. Those powers were vested in an independent commission namely, the NLC. If we go back to having the Cabinet Secretary or the Executive involved in the issue of land, it will take the country back to the old dispensation. We have had a lot of problems in this country about the land issue for 53 years. The people of ... view