Musalia Mudavadi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to move that The Transition to Devolved Governments Bill of 2012 be now read a Second Time. This is the Fourth Bill on matters relating to Devolved Governments that this House will be looking at. The first one was The Urban Areas and Cities Bill which has now become an Act. The second one has been the County Governments Bill and we have now looked at The Intergovernmental Relations Bill. The Transition to Devolved Governments Bill of 2012 is the fourth one. This is an Act of Parliament to provide a framework ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Under Article 5 (c), (d), (e) and (f) we are involving the principal secretaries who shall have a very central role in the issue of transition. This includes the Principal Secretary in the Office of the President and Secretary to the Cabinet, the Principal Secretary in the State Department responsible for matters relating to devolution, the Principal Secretary in the State Department responsible for Public Service because of the human resource element, the Principal Secretary in the State Department responsible for finance because a lot of financial issues are involved in this transition, the Principal Secretary in the State Department ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: I would like to highlight to hon. Members that the chairperson and the eight members who shall be serving in this Authority are the ones who shall serve on a permanent or full-time basis. The Government officials are basically there as and when certain issues relating to the Government aspect will be discussed. This is very important in my view that we have people who will be committed and who shall dedicate their time to look at the aspects of transition. It cannot be a part-time assignment particularly for the first three years that we are moving into transition. When ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: This Authority is essential because immediately after elections the summit and the structures that we set under Intergovernmental relations will take some time before they crystallize because those will be where the governors come in. They will not be ready to pursue issues of transition effectively. So, we are providing a mechanism which is still representative to allow them to do that. I also want to highlight one thing that in this Authority, I am seeking Parliament to note that it is structured differently from other entities. Since we would like this Authority to be in place within a month ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Ministerial Statement will be available next Tuesday. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to continue and highlight Clause 6, on page 119 of the Transition to Devolved Governments Bill, 2012. It deals with the qualifications of the chairperson of the Transitional Authority as well as with the qualifications of the members of the Authority. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Clause 7 of the Bill is very important because it focuses on the functions of the Authority. I would like hon. Members to look at this Clause very comprehensively because it gives very detailed and itemised functions of this Authority; we want the transition to be smooth and be in accordance with the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is a very detailed process. Maybe, I should just highlight one or two aspects. Subclause (2)(a) of Clause 7 says that the Authority shall facilitate the analysis and phased transfer of the functions listed under the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution to the national and county governments and determine the resource requirements of each of the functions. This is very important because, as we said, functions should not be assigned to the county governments yet they are not adequately resourced. So, this is a very thorough programme; it indicates what should be done. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: We can look at Paragraph (e), for instance, which says that the Authority must prepare and validate the inventories of all the existing assets and liabilities of the Government and other public entities and local authorities, make recommendations for the effective management of assets of the national and county governments, and also provide mechanisms for the transfer as well as the criteria that should be used in determining the transfer of such assets, liabilities and even the staff of both the national Government and the local authorities. Therefore, the functions of the Authority, as spelt out in the Bill, are ... view