All parliamentary appearances
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16 Oct 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the County Governments Retirement Scheme Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 10 of 2018) and approved the same with amendments.
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30 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to report that a Committee of the whole House has considered the Division of Revenue (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.14 of 2018) and approved the same without amendments.
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23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, before I move this particular Motion, let me record my congratulations for the elections that you won unopposed back in Botswana. I was telling Members that when you become the Chair, automatically I become the deputy chair in your absence, of course. They did not believe it but those are facts that are on the table.
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23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
THAT, this House adopts the Second Report of the Procedure and House Rules Committee on the consideration of the amendments to the Standing Orders, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 5th July 2018, and pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 265 (2), further resolves that the amendments agreed to in the Committee of the Whole House and approved by the House take effect from 30th August 2018.
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23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, this Motion is very critical both to the Members individually and to the House at large. As Members are aware, under the new Constitution, which introduced a presidential system of governance, the Cabinet Secretaries no longer sit in the House as they are not Members of Parliament. This new dispensation effectively brought the Question Time to an abrupt end. In trying to address this gap, the 11th Parliament substituted it with statements directed to committee chairpersons. Whereas the statements have been very useful, for those Members who have been in this House long enough… I was checking records ...
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23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Subsequently to this development, the CSs have been appearing before the departmental committee, that is…
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23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
(Kuresoi, JP) Hon. Speaker, indeed, you have just pointed out what Question Time will cure. Members will not be coming late. I can guarantee you that. The Member for Kiharu will be here 10 minutes prior to the commencement of the business of the House. It is not only an interesting bit of the National Assembly but it is also a very useful mode through which Members can communicate with their constituents. This will effectively cure the issue of Members trying to know “ story gani ” after arriving 30 minutes late.
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23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
As I was saying, when the Cabinet Secretaries started appearing before departmental committees to respond to questions sometimes, and most importantly the statements that were created in the 11th Parliament to close the gap that existed, there was reduced visibility, late replies and inadequate control of the process by committees. This has been cited as part of the reason there has been a decline of interest in statements and even in the questions that were done before. During a meeting held on 4th June 2018, the HBC deliberated on the need to allow the return of Question Time in the ...
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23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
The Procedure and House Rules Committee sat and deliberated on this matter. The first thing that we wanted to make sure is that this does not violate the Constitution. Secondly, this is not a re-introduction of parliamentary system through the backdoor. Many of the CSs find this to be a very useful tool for espousing what they do in the course of their work. So, it is advantageous to Members, CSs and constituents. Standing Order No.208 mandates the Procedure and House Rules Committee to, among other things, consider and report on all matters relating to the Standing Orders. Additionally, Standing ...
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