Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6381 to 6390 of 6535.

• 17 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, I was coming to that. Once Clause 21(3) is deleted, Clause 21(4), which creates an offence that will be challenged even constitutionally--- Because people have the right to hold opinions or write what they want to, as long as they do not offend the libel law. So, if we delete Clause 21(3), Clause 21(4) must also go. That is because the offence it seeks to create will have gone out of the statute. I want to urge the Minister to take that into account, because we are May 17, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1471 ... view
• 17 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, all that I have pointed out is that the Bill does not establish the relationship between the two courts. It should be clear on where to start when there is a dispute. It should be clear whether one should start at the subordinate labour courts or the NLC. We need to know the nature of dispute and where it should be directed. If the Minister can do that, it will be wonderful. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can see my time is running out. There is a provision for the Registrar of Trade Unions. ... view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wonder under what Standing Order the Chair can ask a question like that to the Floor. view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: Which clause is that? view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to make a quick and brief contribution to this Bill. This Bill seeks to replace an already existing law. It is comprehensive and covers many aspects of employment that will contribute to better and easier relations between employers and employees. I would like to start by pointing out a structural difficulty in this Bill. As a lawyer who sometimes practises at the law courts when I am not an Assistant Minister, the clauses which eventually will be sections once the Bill is passed are too long and will ... view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: I am told that there is even chicken. I do not know the symbol of my colleague. It is a flower. When it withers, I do not know what happens. Clause 49 is what I had talked about discretion being billed in this Bill, that makes an otherwise very good law look very bad. When you say:- "Where in the opinion of a labour officer, summary dismissal or termination of a contract of an employee is unjustified, the Labour Officer may recommend to the employer to pay to the employee any or all of the following---" Here, you are taking ... view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: This just muddies the waters of good law and it must be changed. Clause 50 should be amended to allow courts of law to deal with every matter that arises as a dispute under this law. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Part 9, Clause 74, I am not quite sure whether this is not a violation of rules of privacy. Records of employees have a privity between the employer and the employee. Why do we want to open them up to anybody and everybody, unless a crime has been committed? I would want the issue of exposure of employer/employee records ... view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry of Labour and Human Resource Development needs to pay attention to the conditions of workers in two areas in this country, the so-called EPZs and the flower farms. Every other day, you get information either through the Press or if you interact with people who work there, they work under very difficult conditions. They are under-paid, they are over-worked and, sometimes, are treated inhumanly. It is desirable that the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources Development engages more qualified personnel to look into the conditions and what those people are doing. Employees in ... view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Member for Saboti in order to continue making disparaging remarks against the only learned profession known the world over? view
• 26 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am happy to speak after Mr. M. Kilonzo, the man who taught me how to be an advocate. This Bill is important, critical and necessary if we have to bring sanity to the political landscape in this country. Many things have been said about this Bill. It is true that it is absolutely desirable and it is also true that we can make it better than it is currently drafted. There are many gaps that we need to fill to make the Bill truly a Political Parties Bill to help political parties be cushioned ... view